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Sarah MacQuarrie
@smqpsych.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer and researcher at the University of Manchester.
Interested in psychology, education and all things research related. Open research and open science supporter.
Find out more about me here: https://t.co/slC1giXjDI
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Our @ukri.org event launched a series of exhibits.

Explore how play, activity & green spaces boost wellbeing and mental health doi.org/10.48420/c.8...

@uomhums.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk

#ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest
A promotional flyer from The University of Manchester titled “Active Lives Active Spaces: Supporting Children and Young People’s Wellbeing and Mental Health.” The flyer describes themes of the event: • Access to Nature: equitable access to nature and quality wellbeing experiences. • Nature Connection: opportunities for children to connect with nature and develop environmental stewardship. • Green Spaces: engagement in open spaces supports physical, emotional, and social wellbeing. • Wellbeing: play, physical activity, and green space engagement improve mental health. It includes a QR code with the text “Scan Me,” a call to access the collection on play, activity, and wellbeing, and photos of children sitting in a grassy outdoor area. Event organisers Sarah MacQuarrie and Alexandra Hennessey are shown with profile photos. A DOI link (https://doi.org/10.48420/c.8063509) and the University of Manchester and Festival of Social Science logos are present. A continuation flyer from The University of Manchester titled “Event Contributors.” Lists contributors: Amy Philips, Andrew Rhodes, Cathy Atkinson, Clare Nugent, Fionnuala Mottishaw, Karen Kilkenny, Liz Birchinall, Raichael Lock, Rebecca Jefferson, Rebecca Phillips, Ryan Woods, and Sian Bristow. Text thanks supporters with their logos and website links: Youth Sport Trust (youthsporttrust.org) Policy@Manchester (policy.manchester.ac.uk) Manchester Environmental Education Network (MEEN) (meen.org.uk) GRiEG – Green Research in Education Group (tinyurl.com/UoMgreen). Design features purple, pink, and white color themes with circular and rounded text boxes.
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Today!
We’ll have multiple exhibits, diverse themes and plenty of fresh ideas to explore. Come along, connect with colleagues and be inspired by the creativity and innovation happening across our communities.
Poster for an event by the University of Manchester and ESRC Festival of Social Science. It shows children sitting on grass in a circle, playing together outdoors. Text reads: “22 October, 4–7PM. Active Lives, Natural Spaces: Supporting Children and Young People’s Wellbeing and Mental Health. University Place, Drum Foyer.”
October 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Tickets available

Explore how #play physical activity and #green spaces shape #children and young people’s #wellbeing.

📅 Wed 22 October, 4–7pm

📍 Foyer, University Place

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/active-liv...

#ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest
@ukri.org @manchester.ac.uk @uomhums.bsky.social
Poster for an event by the University of Manchester and ESRC Festival of Social Science. It shows children sitting on grass in a circle, playing together outdoors. Text reads: “22 October, 4–7PM. Active Lives, Natural Spaces: Supporting Children and Young People’s Wellbeing and Mental Health. University Place, Drum Foyer.”
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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A warm welcome to Fionnuala Mottishaw to @educationuom.bsky.social joining for her PhD studies - @uom-humsdocacad.bsky.social delighted to see her work published at @bmj.com

doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...

#AcademicSky #climate #mentalhealth
Screenshot of an article from BMJ Mental Health titled "Need to address mental health within climate change education" by Fionnuala Mottishaw and Sarah MacQuarrie. The article is marked as open access.
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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First Look at the Event Flyer for our ESRC festival event in October.

Save the date - 22nd October, drop in event.

@educationuom.bsky.social @ukrio.bsky.social
#ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest

#Edusky
Children seated on grass playing a game - part of an advert for an ESRC festival event at the University of Manchester
September 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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A very rewarding day getting to share a keynote with a an international and inspiring group at the International Skogsmulle Symposium.

Getting to speak about #psychology, #mentalhealth and #wellbeing is such a privilege.

#outdoorplay #nature #skogsmulle #outdoorlearning #education #edusky
Presentation slide show front page that reads Advancing nature equity: devising avenues that encourage access to nature for children and young people at the Internatonal Skogsmulle Symposium
June 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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📍UK undergrads
Join an online study on creativity & cognition, led by @simonasong.bsky.social
🔹30 min, fun tasks
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Scan the QR or Email: jia.song@manchester.ac.uk
#PsychResearch #CreativityStudy #Undergrad #WomeninStem #psychscisky #CogSci
Poster advertising a UK UG focused online study
June 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Ava has the Friday feeling

#catsofbluesky
Tortie Cat
May 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Xuehan Zhou presenting findings and insights from working and researching with children who have auditory processing difficulties
Slide offering an overview of auditory processing disorder World views and criteria regarding auditory processing disorder
January 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Laura Boundy with Kelly Burgoyne presenting interesting and relevant study regarding retrieval and children with down syndrome conducted remotely.
Recall of novel words in different groups results Implications and next steps
January 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Great way to start a research session! Thanks to Xuehan Zhou.
Reading from a fortune cookie Fortune cookie
January 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Oh look it's January and all the brain based claims are out and about
Image of advert using brain and food
January 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Just accepted in BMC #Psychology #wellbeing #mentalhealth dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Preprint article on the research square website
November 29, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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Later in the month a research seminar involving #openresearch from a mixed method case study is being held on teams.

"Pupil Voice: Perspectives on Access and Engagement with PE, School Sport and Physical Activity"

20th November 2024 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM DM or email for the teams link
Event description and details about a presentation
November 6, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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There are some days that sum up the breadth of #AcademicSky and the joy it brings.
Morning at an #openresearch #UoM event where sharingstudentprojects.manchester.ac.uk was noted.
Followed by a guest lecture for Edinburgh Uni about immersion education, assessment #Gaelic
#PsychSciSky #EduResearch
Picture showing homepage of sharing student project webpage Title of image reads Language, assessment immersion education linking to a guest lecture by Sarah MacQuarrie
October 28, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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Today's mission completed. New homes sourced for some Pilea plants 🌱🪴
Bag containing some plants in brown pots
October 16, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,685,620!
September 17, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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A fantastic start to Wednesday #Bera. Insightful sessions from Nadia, Sophina and Artemis.
Rewarding to share some insights for the wellschools project. linktr.ee/wellschools
BERA session description
September 11, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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Even earlier this afternoon Alex Hennessey and our paper using wellschools data. More about the project: linktr.ee/wellschools
Thanks for the perspective of the sharing and views at the session.
#bera
Dr Alexandra Hennessey speaking about latent profile analysis and adolescent data
September 9, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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Earlier this evening Prof Lisa Murtagh starting evening welcome event #bera
Prof Lisa Murtagh at Bera
September 9, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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Fantastic engagement at the #UoM200 #universallymanchester Community festival
Poster showing activities list what gets you moving and feeling well. https://linktr.ee/wellschools Interactive tree with wellbeing ideas
June 8, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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Wonderful day at the #UoM200 Community festival celebrating connecting mental health and wellbeing linking to research in education

Find out more here: linktr.ee/wellschools

#universallymanchester
Connecting wellbeing and mental health in Education UoM community festival stand and team Connecting wellbeing and mental health in Education UoM community festival stand
June 8, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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A rewarding and insightful afternoon - thanks to everyone who joined and shared insights about #openscience and #qualitative #research
Examining considerations that encourage interest in open research approaches - picture of a powerpoint slide
May 6, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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Professor Angelo Cangelosi’s talk will be at 10am Tuesday 6th Feb. If you are near to close to Manchester (UK) please come along. The CLEAR research group is hosting the talk - you can find more about it here: t.co/Ts9GPujOSq
Poster describing a research talk taking place on Tuesday 6th feb at 10am
January 17, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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Really enjoyable morning talking with Teachers in my department - always a perk of my role. Thanks to Rebecca and David for making it happen seamlessly.

Resources are here that fuelled the talk: osf.io/gdpc5
Handout description from https://osf.io/gdpc5
January 15, 2024 at 12:49 PM