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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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Keynote at 7th ASEAN Council of Physical Education and Sport (ACPES) Conference -Professor ann mAc Phail.
Ann MacPhail has been invited as the Keynote for the 7th ASEAN Council of Physical Education and Sport (ACPES) Conference to be held on the 9th to 11th June 2021. The title of the Keynote […]
RECRUITMENT: senior lecturer in human performance and innovtion.
applications invited for: senior lecturer in human performance and innovation, university of limerick Senior Lecturer in Human Performance and Innovation – Multiannual. Salary Scale: €77,159 – €101.702 p.a. Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences […]
recruitment: lecturer below the bar in Exercise and health fitness management
applications invited for: Lecturer below the bar in Exercise and health fitness management, university of limerick Lecturer below the bar in Exercise and Health Fitness Management – 5 Year Fixed Term Contract. Salary Scale: €40,599 […]
Open for Applications: MSc Sports Performance at the University of Limerick-dr catherine norton.
The MSc in Sports Performance, offered by the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick, is a full-time one-year or part-time two-year postgraduate programme. Our programme, established in 2012, was […]
Teaching Physical Education through a screen! – ursula freyne.
I know Joe Wicks became a household name teaching “PE” to the nation during lockdown and bar a broken bone he made it look easy! Remember, Joe Wicks had ample space to work in and […]
Publication: Czech adolescents’ remote school and health experiences during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown
New Publication from @kwokwng
& colleagues on Czech adolescents’ remote school & health experiences during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown
GoGreenRoutes Friday Feeling: Discovering the weekend paths to your weekdays – jennifer rice & cassandra murphy.
GoGreenRoutes GoGreenRoutes is a multi-dimensional project focusing on nature based solutions to enhance and sustain the termed coined 360-health in the urban context. This means we look at health in terms of the physical, […]
Getting schools active, one CSPAP step at a time – my experience as full-time teacher, part-time postgraduate researcher – Alan finnegan
Late February / early March 2020, as I scrolled through my Twitter feed and read that Dr. Elaine Murtagh was joining the PESS team, along with another PESS tweet with a call for applications for […]
Learning from other contexts provides an essential boost for sports coaches – dr Phil Kearney
Suggesting possible reasons for Ronan O’Gara and La Rochelle’s recent success in their Champions Cup semi-final win over Leinster, the Irish Examiner’s Kieran Shannon focused on O’Gara’s taking the time to learn how to coach; […]
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