Research Impact: In both Work and Sport arenas we are faced with a variety of challenging situations, ranging from on-going deadlines and family stress to career threatening injury and job-loss. Resilience has become a buzz word […]
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The Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences is based part of the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences at the University of Limerick, Ireland. The department has a strong research focus with ever increasing metrics related to research. The department offers undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses in Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Sciences, Sports Performance, Sports Exercise & Performance Psychology. In addition, we have a strong reputation for postgraduate research at both PhD and MSc level.
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Follow Up Evaluation of Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity (CSPPA) Ann MacPhail
PEPAYS Ireland is delighted to report that it is part of a research consortium that have been successful in securing the follow up evaluation of Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity (CSPPA). The project is […]
New Publication: ENHANCING PRACTICE THROUGH GRADUAL INCREASES IN CONTEXTUAL INTERFERENCE
Research Impact: There are many situations where sportspeople practice multiple skills within the same session; for example, a golfer working with several different clubs, or a tennis player working on serve variations. What is the best […]
PESS BALL 2017
This year’s PESS Ball organised by the Physical Education and Sport Sciences students is in aid of the Mid-Western Cancer Foundation. The event takes place at the Strand Hotel on November 1st and promises to […]
New Publication – The Influence of Organizational Socialization in Pre-Service Teachers’ Delivery of Sport Education
Research Impact: Research investigating teachers’ and preservice teachers’ (PSTs) experiences delivering Sport Education (SE) necessitates further attention (Glotova & Hastie, 2014). Research that has been conducted to date has shared varied findings, with some teachers finding […]
Tips to Get Your First Journal Paper Published – Cillian McDowell
If you are publishing your work in a journal for the first time, it can seem to be an intimidating process. Hopefully the following tips can remove some of the mystery surrounding publishing your first […]
Dealing with personal tragedy during my PhD – Hannah McCormack
Just over a year into my PhD, I experienced a personal tragedy that will inevitably happen to all of us at some stage in our lives. I lost someone very close to me when my […]
Nearby hills are greener than we think…Sorcha Holohan & Timothy Locke (edited by Brian Carson)
One of the standout aspects to the Sport and Exercise Sciences programme at UL, and what attracted us to coming here, is the work placement in year 3. This gives us a chance to put […]
Rich environments for active learning in higher education – Antonio Calderon
Currently, most of the universities in the world aim to create and sustain an outstanding and distinctive learning environment for all their students. This is addressed by ensuring a strong, well-designed and dynamically delivered curricular […]
Assessment in physical education in Ireland – Ann MacPhail
Current assessment discussions in Ireland revolve around teachers being responsible for assessing their own students’ work. This paper explores the subsequent impact such a perspective is having (or not) on the delivery and assessment of […]
