This study pioneers the use of compositional data analysis (CoDA) to examine how adolescents’ 24-hour activity behaviors—sleep, sedentary time, standing, light-intensity physical activity (LIPA), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)—collectively influence cardiometabolic health. Using device-based measures […]
This series of meta-analyses quantified overall and compartment-specific differences in body composition between people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and controls and identified individual and disease-specific moderators of differences. 180 effects derived from 37 studies showed […]
This year, the PESS Department delivered three NFQ Level 8 Physical Education (PE) micro-credentials (MC) in Adventure Education and Water Based Activities with Pedagogy, Competitive Team and Individual Based Activities, and Aesthetic and Expressive Activities. […]
Associate Teacher/University Teacher in Physical Education, University of Limerick. Associate Teacher (2 positions)/ University Teacher (1 position) Physical Education – 1 Year Fixed Term Contracts. Salary Scale: Associate Teacher €38,008 – €51,427 p.a.pro rata/ University […]
APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR Associate Teacher/University Teacher in Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Limerick. Associate Teacher (2 positions)/ University Teacher (1 position) in Sport and Exercise Sciences – 1 Year Fixed Term Contracts. Salary Scale: […]
My pathway into high-performance sport began as an athlete in cycling, competing nationally with a few years also spent in Europe before progressing to coaching within high performance cycling for several years and building experience […]
In June the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Limerick hosted Professor Stephen Cobley from the University of Sydney. Professor Cobley is one of the world’s leading experts on […]
Recently, PESS PhD researcher Karol Dillon had the opportunity to join Kevin O’Brien on the Humans of Gaelic Football podcast to discuss his PhD research on the complex, and often misunderstood, world of bilaterality […]
Associate Professor Sean Healy has been named a Fellow of the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA). This prestigious honour was conferred at the 2025 International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity, held earlier this […]
Writing a research project is often a novel step for many coaches on the programme. This is especially true considering that typically half of the cohort are coming in via Recognition of Prior Learning; that […]
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