Congratulations to first year Sport and Exercise Sciences student Meadhbh Lewis, who has been selected to accompany the Lions Rugby team on its upcoming tour of New Zealand as an ambassador to the team. In […]
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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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Welcome and introduction to PESS from the Head of Department, Professor Ann MacPhail
As Head of the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) I am delighted to introduce the PESS News and Information Blog. This venture aims to improve the dissemination of PESS stories to our […]
All-Ireland Postgraduate Conference: A three-peat visit – Rachel Sheehan
Last Friday, a small contingent of PESS postgraduate students set off for the All-Ireland Postgraduate Conference in Sport Sciences, Physical Activity and Physical Education in IT Carlow. This was my third year attending, and marked […]
Personalised Exercise Treatment? Not one HIIT fits all! – Brian Carson
I recently attended a seminar delivered by Prof John Forbes (a colleague here in the business school at UL) entitled ‘Personalised health: a new role for one-person trials’. John neatly made a convincing argument for […]
Physical Education Final Year Project Students Share Their research in PESS – Ciarán MacDonncha
Congratulations to the fourth year Physical Education students who presented their final year projects in a poster session in PESS on Wednesday 26th April. The posters were on display all day and during this time […]
PESS putting the ‘Sports’ into eSports! – Adam Toth
When was the last time you saw a young child playing a video game and thought, ‘they will make a living doing that one day’? Amazingly, that statement is not as far fetched as was perhaps once […]
‘Physical education and sport pedagogy as a freestanding international community and / or an academic discipline?’ – Ann MacPhail
I am delighted to have been invited to present the Keynote at the Physical and Health Education Canada Forum in St.John’s on 4th May 2017. I always appreciate the opportunity to meet with Physical Education […]
To blend, or not to blend… Introducing blended learning to undergraduate students – Antonio Calderon
Particularly intense way in the last decade, we (as academics) are being overwhelmed by a digital tsunami, advancing steadily and bringing technology into our daily work, because it is considered a natural amplifier of the […]
PESS PG Student Robin Healy Wins the EHS/HRI Dean’s Award for Excellence in PG Research
Congratulations to PESS PG student Robin Healy who won the University of Limerick’s 2017 Education and Health Sciences (EHS) and Health Research Institute (HRI) Dean’s award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research. The presentations by the […]
Academic Adventure – Katie Andrews
In less than two months’ time, myself and two fellow PESS postgraduate researchers, Cillian McDowell and Brett Gordon, along with Dr. Matthew Herring will be heading across the pond to Denver, Colorado to attend the […]
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