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A recent teach-in with the Department for Education discussed whether nature-based programmes in schools support the mental health and wellbeing of young people. Read this post to find out more about what happened at the event, and why this work is so important.

In Autumn 2024 we ran a call for Sprints. In the first half of this year the successful Sprints spent time co-creating with policy partners, stakeholders, and us, and now they're getting going! Read this post to find out more about the new Sprints.

Rodger Caseby has worked in biology, teaching and GLAM before becoming a researcher on the Sprint investigating, "Is Nature a policy solution to mental health in schools?" Read this post to hear more about his experiences.

Agile Research Fellow Jennifer Dodsworth reflects on representing Agile at the recent BES Symposum: Nature, Farming & Food.

On February 18th, the "Nature & Mental Health in Education Policy" Sprint team held a half-day deliberative policy action workshop to explore how nature-based programmes can support mental health and wellbeing in secondary schools. In this blog post, Jessica Lorimer summarises the key take aways.

Sprint researchers shared their findings and underlying science with practitioners, policy makers and food industry representatives in Northern Ireland.

The launch of a report on a citizen's jury which asks: How can we make Oxford a city where people and nature thrive together?

We recently held a half-day showcase and forum which celebrated the work of Agile Sprints while asking the question: how can we build a research system to address environmental crises? In this post we reflect on the format and content of the event.

As part of the Agile Initiative’s 2025 Community Building & Training (CB&T) Programme, a group of University of Oxford researchers visited FAI Farms.