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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Productive SAGI meeting this afternoon. Final revisions done. Our SAGI paper has been resubmitted for review. We're excited about the potential for this open dataset to support future research with young people in extracurricular settings. #OpenScience #SAGI

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The University of Nottingham Summer Scientist Week was the event that inspired us to develop SAGI. This event has been running for an incredible 20 years this year! If you want to learn more about Summer Scientist Week and everything we have learnt please come along!

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

SAGI is having a productive August so far! Last week Nikki finished drafting our qualitative leaders paper. Yesterday Ellen and Lee finished drafting our open-source manuscript. Now for a day of reviewing and revising - made all the better with a cup of tea ☕

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New blog from SAGI! Emily Mason reflects on the journey to her first publication, sharing lessons on resilience, collaboration, peer review, rejection, & confidence as an early career researcher. A great read for PhD students and ECRs. ukcge.ac.uk/resources/re... #AcademicPublishing #PhDLife

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The art of patience: My experience publishing in academia as a PhD…

Emily Mason is a second-year PhD researcher at the University of Nottingham's School of Psychology, exploring how multisensory integration differs across…

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🌱 Sometimes looking back helps us move forwards. Psychologist Albert Bandura suggested that recognising our successes can build self-efficacy, our belief that we can succeed. What skill are you most proud of learning? #WorldYouthSkillsDay #Psychology #Scouts #Girlguiding #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In case you missed it before... We are still booking free, hands-on psychology nights for Autumn & Winter. Interested or know any groups who might be? 🔗 linktr.ee/SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🤝 Psychologist Albert Bandura found that people can learn by observing others. This week's Psychology Mini Challenge explores social learning. What useful skill did someone else teach you? #WorldYouthSkillsDay #Psychology #Scouts #Girlguiding #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Writing retreat complete! ✅ First draft of our prosocial paper written ✅ Intro & methods drafted for our qualitative leaders paper ✅ Open-source paper expanded and reviewed ✅ SAGI dataset updated with this year's data ✅ Autumn planning underway Lots still to do, but great progress made today!

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today Nikki, Ellen, & Lee are spending the day together, with Aneeza joining virtually. We are focused on writing up research before ending the day with planning our activities for next term. We'll then round off the day with a well earned BBQ! Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed & ready to get stuck in!

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🧠 Why does practice help us improve? Our brains can change through experience. Psychologists and neuroscientists call this neuroplasticity. This week's Psychology Mini Challenge explores what happens in our brains when we practise. #WorldYouthSkillsDay #Psychology #Scouts #Girlguiding #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

How do we build new skills? Psychologist Carol Dweck suggests that believing skills can improve through effort and practice can help us learn. This week's Mini Challenge explores growth mindset. What skill have you learned that once felt impossible? #WorldYouthSkillsDay #Psychology #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The 20th Anniversary Summer Scientist Week is now taking bookings!

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

To finish our National Writing Day mini series, we're exploring how writing can help us think. Psychologists use the term metacognition to mean 'thinking about our thinking'. Writing helps us organise ideas, reflect on experiences and understand our own thoughts more clearly. #Psychology #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We’re now recruiting groups for Autumn & Winter visits! Please share with anyone you think might be interested in the Nottingham area. For free, interactive psychology sessions for Scouting & Guiding groups: linktr.ee/SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Earlier this week we celebrated National Writing Day. Why do people tell stories? Psychologists suggest that stories help us make sense of experiences, share ideas and connect with others. #NationalWritingDay #Psychology #Storytelling

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

✍️ Tomorrow is National Writing Day! Did you know that writing can help us remember? Psychology suggests that recalling information can strengthen memory. Writing can help bring details back. #NationalWritingDay #Psychology #Memory #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Do we only use 10% of our brains? It's a popular myth, but what does the evidence say? Our first Psychology Myth Challenge explores how psychologists investigate claims using research. 🔍 Think like a psychologist! #Psychology #BrainScience #Scouts #Girlguiding

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

What difference can a volunteer make? Every week, volunteers help young people build confidence, learn new skills and make friends. This #VolunteersWeek, thank you to everyone who makes SAGI, Scouts and Girlguiding possible. #Scouts #Girlguiding #Psychology #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Well done Daniel, our student apprentice for presenting at the PADHL seminar. Their project examines how children vs adults rate words (positive/negative/neutral). Data collection is ongoing but preliminary findings show overlap & differences e.g., habit rated more + by children!

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Assessment season for many of the young people we work with at SAGI 💛 Well done to those who’ve already completed assessments, that takes real effort. Good luck to those still to come, we’re cheering you on.

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Good luck to everyone entering their assessment period! At SAGI, we help young people understand that learning isn’t about being perfect: it’s about practice, curiosity, and confidence. Whatever the outcome, your effort matters. Be kind to your brain. You got this!

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🧠 Final Mental Health Awareness Week Mini Challenge: Belonging Psychology shows that feeling connected supports wellbeing. Small acts of kindness can help people feel included and valued. Try a Kindness Chain with your group and see how small actions spread. #MHAW #Scouts #Guides #SAGIUoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🧠 Mental Health Awareness Week Mini Challenge #2: Habits Psychology shows small, repeated actions can become habits. Just like eco‑habits, small wellbeing habits can grow over time. Try Brain Boost Bingo with your group 🌱 #MHAW #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #SAGIUoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🧠 Mental Health Awareness Week This week’s SAGI mini challenge is about growth mindset. Making mistakes doesn’t mean failing. It means your brain is learning! Try adding the word “yet”: “I can’t do this… yet.” Small changes can build confidence over time. #MHAW #GrowthMindset #SAGIUoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🧠 Mental Health Awareness Week (11–17 May) SAGI will share three Psychology Mini Challenges for groups of young people, exploring how psychology helps us understand our brains, wellbeing and healthy habits. Look out for them across the week! 💛 #MHAW #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #Psychology #Scouts

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🐰🦆 Meet our campus visitors! Our brains respond strongly to features such as big eyes, soft faces or tiny size. Looking at cute animals like these can also positively affect your attention, mood and caring behaviours. #Psychology #Wellbeing #Scouts #Girlguiding #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Why SAGI exists. Many young people decide very early that science “isn’t for them”. The leaders we work with see something different. When science is fun, hands‑on, and happens in spaces where young people already belong, curiosity grows and confidence follows. That shift matters" #STEMEducation

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🌍 Happy Earth Day! Psychology can help us build small, sustainable habits with young people. Small actions repeated over time lead to real change. Try one today!🌱 #EarthDay #Psychology #BehaviourChange #OutdoorLearning #Scouts #Girlguiding #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Scouting and Guiding groups already spend a lot of time outdoors. But how about using it differently? Try 5 minutes: 👀 What can you see? 👂 What can you hear? 💭 How do you feel? Small moments can help your brain to reset attention and support focus. #EarthDay #Psychology #Scouts #Girlguiding

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🌍 Our behaviour is shaped by the people around us! So if we see others recycling, saving energy, or reusing bottles, then we’re more likely to do it too. That’s social norms in action! 🧠 Which habit will you spread today?🌱♻️ #EarthDay #Psychology #Habits #Scouts #Girlguiding #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Have you ever tried to start a new habit but it just doesn't stick? 🌍 Try this to link a situation to a behaviour: “If ___, then I will ___.” Small changes like this can make eco habits easier to remember.🌱 #EarthDay #Scouts #Girlguiding #Sustainability #Habits #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

🌍 Small habits can make a BIG difference this Earth Day! Psychology shows habits are automatic behaviours shaped by cues and repetition. ♻️ Pick ONE small eco habit to practise this week. #EarthDay #Scouts #Girlguiding #Sustainability #Psychology #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🐣🧠 Would you take one chocolate now or two later? 🎯 Leaders: Try this with your group! A simple way to explore delaying gratification and self‑control with young people...perfect for Easter! #PsychologyChallenge #SelfControl #Scouts #Girlguiding #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

With nice weather this weekend that can only mean two things... The end to another year of SAGI, in which we have worked with some amazing groups and got loads of kids interested in science... And loads of washing for Dr Lee Parkin. We will be back in October for more fun filled sessions!

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🧠 SAGI Psychology Challenge 👉 Say the COLOUR of the word, not the word itself. It's harder than it sounds! This is the Stroop Effect. Your brain's automatic reading interferes. 🎯Try it with your Scouts or Guides! #Psychology #STEMLearning #Scouts #Girlguiding #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

☀️ A great Saturday at the University of Nottingham Psychology Experience Day, where Dr Ellen Taylor shared SAGI's aims and spoke with students about psychology outreach. 🧠 Find out more about SAGI: linktr.ee/SAGI_UoN #UniversityOfNottingham #FuturePsychologists #SAGI_UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Emily Mason has been writing a blog about publishing her first commentary paper with the SAGI team: highs, challenges, and everything in between. Blog coming soon! In the meantime, you can read the paper for free: journals.uclpress.co.uk/r4a/article/...

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🧠 Quick #BritishScienceWeek psychology activity for Scouts & Guides! This memory challenge often makes people remember a word that was never on the list. Swipe through to try it with your group. Did you remember a word not on the list? #ScoutsUK #Girlguiding #STEMActivities

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

👋 Meet one of our volunteers! Pippa has joined our team to help bring fun psychology activities to even more Scouts and Guides through SAGI. #Scouts #Girlguiding #Psychology #Volunteering #SAGI_UoN

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Dr Nikki Dean Marshall @ndeanmarshall.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Very proud to have been part of this work

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Huge milestone for SAGI, our first publication! Led by Emily Mason, the paper highlights barriers to school‑based research and offers an alternative model using public engagement with Scouts & Guides to support recruitment and data collection. Read free: doi.org/10.14324/RFA...

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Ellen Taylor @ellentaylor.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

An exciting day for @sagi-uon.bsky.social, our first paper has been published! This commentary explores the challenges of recruiting child participants, and proposes an innovative, public-engagement based data collection model. Read more here ⬇️ journals.uclpress.co.uk/r4a/article/...

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Our new commentary on rethinking young participant recruitment in psychology research is coming soon! Led by Emily Mason. We explore how public engagement with youth groups can offer a powerful alternative to school‑based research. Stay tuned!

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Dr Nikki Dean Marshall @ndeanmarshall.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Exciting news! The @sagi-uon.bsky.social team which I’m proud to be part of was invited to join the #NottsPsych podcast! We chatted about our work bringing brain science to Scouts & Guides and how students can get involved. 34 minutes long. Have a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6xd8...

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Dr Nikki Dean Marshall @ndeanmarshall.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Thank you team. Very exciting day 🎉

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School of Psychology, University of Nottingham @notts-psych.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Today marks the 2 year anniversary of the Scouting and Guiding Initiative's (SAGI) first ever session. The @sagi-uon.bsky.social team have now delivered session to 700+ children. For anyone interested in having a night of Science you can fill out this interest form: buff.ly/3Y4KDKP

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

University of Nottingham students: do you want experience working with kids & sharing science? Join SAGI to deliver fun brain science sessions to Scouts & Girlguides: Hear more & how to get involved on the #NottsPsych podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/6xd8... #SAGITeam #STEMOutreach #UoN

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Calling all Scouting & GirlGuiding leaders! Hear how the SAGI team brings brain science to your groups in the latest #NottsPsych podcast. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/6xd8... #SAGITeam #STEM

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Scouting and Guiding Initiative (SAGI) @sagi-uon.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Throwback to Graduation Day! The SAGI team had a fantastic time at the University of Nottingham’s graduation last week. 🎓 We were absolutely thrilled to hear our work mentioned in the graduation speech, what an honour! #Graduation2025 #SAGITeam #ProudMoment #UniversityOfNottingham

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