Attending my first international conference was one of the most rewarding milestones of my PhD journey so far. In early September 2025, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Kaunas, Lithuania, to take part […]
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The Nature and Prevalence of Injury in Hyrox Training and Competition – PESS intern, Sean Mc keon.
What was your role during the internship? (Key responsibilities and tasks…) During my eight week PESS internship, I continued the research and write up of my Final Year Project, The Nature and Prevalence of […]
Experiences at the HEPA Europe 2025 conference – kevin volf.
Is there any greater joy than discovering there are direct flights from Shannon to your conference destination? Perhaps not. Those three little words — Flights from Shannon — are enough to warm the heart of […]
Exploring the Female Athlete Experience in High-Performance Coaching – PESS Intern, Ellie McCartney.
What was your role during the internship?During my eight-week PESS internship, I conducted a qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of female athletes in high-performance environments. My role involved designing and implementing a narrative-based […]
Functional Threshold Power: A Key Performance Metric, But Not the Only One – Graham O’Brien.
Functional Threshold Power (FTP) in cycling is the highest average power a cyclist can sustain for about one hour. It’s used to guide training zones, but it doesn’t consider other factors of a cyclist’s performance […]
Deconstructing the standards for ‘high quality’ initial teacher education in Ireland: implications for teacher educators’ professional learning and agency – Dr. Antonio Calderon
This paper invites reflection and invites teacher educators to move from passively accepting imposed policy frameworks, to actively engaging with them to foster innovation, growth, and critical dialogue. It critically examines the Céim: Standards for Initial […]
PESS Faculty Represented at the FSEM 21st Annual Scientific Conference – Prof. Tom Comyns, Prof. Brian Carson, and Dr. John noone.
On September 19th, 2025, the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), in association with the Irish […]
Before and after – the development and assessment of an education intervention about female breast health in rugby union – Kilian Bibby
This study developed and evaluated the first evidence-based educational intervention addressing breast health in women’s rugby. Supported by the Irish Rugby Football Union, the interactive education intervention, featuring short expert-led videos and self-assessment multiple choice questions, […]
School Classroom to USA Fitness to Researcher: Shane Scanlon IRIS Rugby Researcher Profile – Professor ian kenny & shane scanlon.
Shane Scanlon made the move earlier in 2025 from USA private health & fitness, to Australia, to join the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) project team when he was awarded a PhD scholarship. I caught […]
recruitment – assistant professor in physical education, UL.
Assistant Professor in Physical Education, University of Limerick. Assistant Professor in Physical Education – Permanent Salary Scale: €48,435 – €65,896 p.a. Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences,Faculty of Education & Health Sciences,University of Limerick. […]
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