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 […]
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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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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 […]
Talent is never enough – Factors that influence talent development (Julieanne McAuliffe)
“Talent is never enough. With a few exceptions, the best players are those that are the hardest workers” (Magic Johnson). If talent is never enough then why is there such an emphasis on it in […]
Staff News and Updates – Giles Warrington
It is always a great way to start the new academic year with some good news stories. Dr Mark Campbell was recently successful in the Science Foundation Ireland-Funded Investigator (SFI-FI) process. Mark is now a […]
The University of Limerick is issuing an invitation to policy makers and teacher educators nationally to share their work practices and scholarship on teacher education and discuss how teacher educators’ professional development needs can be […]
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