The strength and conditioning (S&C) coach spends a significant amount of his/ her time on the design of training programmes to optimise training adaptations. A central focus of S&C research relates to optimal programme design. […]
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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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Historic launch of Leaving Certificate Physical Education and Senior Cycle Physical Education – Dylan Scanlon
On the 22nd Feburary, 2018, Claire Walsh and Dylan Scanlon represented the Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department at a historic day for physical education in Ireland as Minister of Education, Richard Bruton, launched phase […]
Publication: The development of assessment policy in Ireland: a story of junior cycle reform
Research Impact: This paper maps assessment policy in a changing and contested assessment environment in the Republic of Ireland. The paper tells the story of assessment in junior cycle from the first progress report in […]
Julia White, BSc Physical Education Graduate & All Ireland Camogie Player Featured in UL Links
All-Ireland camogie player Julia White reveals how she combines career with competition. They say there’s no ‘I’ in team, but looking after your personal wellbeing is key to success for your club. Finding the time, […]
The Path to Developing Ordinary Resilience – Christopher Bryan
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett (playwright) When was the last time you were stressed? Now think about the last time were so stressed you couldn’t think […]
Publication: Lessons learned from a community engagement initiative within Irish higher education
Research Impact: This paper focuses on a community–university partnership built around a programme of study co-created by residents of a disadvantaged community and situated, for the most part, within that community. The impact of the research […]
Proactive is the new reactive. Clodagh Butler
“We need to keep in mind that the future is not something we simply enter, the future is also something we help create” (Baltes, 1997, p. 378). When we think about the definition of work, […]
Postdoctoral opportunities in the Human Sciences Research Unit – Career-Fit. Dr Brian Carson
The Human Sciences Research Unit (HSRU), housed within the department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick, are seeking candidates interested in pursuing postdoctoral fellowships in the areas of Healthy Ageing […]
MSc Sports Performance – Internationalisation. Dr Mark Lyons
The University of Limerick has links with over 400 universities in 38 countries and welcomes over 2,000 international students each year. This number is increasing year-on-year. Linked to this may be the University’s reputation for […]
GOING GREEN AS A PATHWAY TO WELL-BEING – Dr Tadhg MacIntyre
Think about your last visit to nature. Was it to a forest trail? An urban park? Or was it alongside a waterway? Our research at the University of Limerick studying memory for physical activity would […]
