Background My PhD journey began with the Masters in Sports Performance programme which I completed in 2020. As part of the programme, I conducted my thesis under the supervision of Dr. Phil Kearney entitled Investigating […]
Category: Research
PESS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE MAY TO DECEMBER 2023.
The PESS Internship is an opportunity for UL students to spend up to eight weeks in PESS gaining experience in one of four research areas, (1) Food for Health, (2) Physical Activity and Health, (3) […]
Publication: The Effect of Different Strength Training Modalities on Sprint Performance in Female Team-Sport Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Research Impact: Sprint performance in female team-sport athletes can be enhanced by strength training (i.e., reactive-, maximal-, combined-, and special-strength modalities). Compared with maximal- or special-strength programmes, reactive- and combined-strength training methods can have a […]
Publication: Exploring Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Fundamental Movement Skills Development: A Narrative Review
Research Impact: Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are frequently referred to as the “building blocks” of movement for children and adolescents in their lifelong physical activity journey. This paper explored whether the frequency, intensity, time, and type (FITT) […]
Lessons from a Life in Sport from Professor Louise Burke – catherine norton rd phd.
Links and figures added by C Norton and not directly form Professor Burke’s presentation. The 2022 International Sport and Exercise Conference (ISENC) took place in Manchester last December. This is the annual gathering of the […]
Exercise is Medicine Mid-West (EIM Mid-West) – PhD Studentships – dr. liam kelly.
Project Background: Globally, inactivity is a pandemic responsible for more than five million deaths annually and is one of the UN’s primary targets to reduce non-communicable diseases (NCDs). In 2012, The Lancet published its first […]
3rd Annual I-PARC Conference: A Volunteers Perspective – DAIRE FITZMAURICE.
January saw the 3rd Annual Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (I-PARC) Conference with the overarching theme ‘Getting more people active: Building bridges and pushing boundaries’. The conference was over two days and was split into […]
Publication: Online teaching and learning in physical education teacher education: A mixed studies review of literature
Research Impact: Delivering physical education teacher education (PETE) programmes through online platforms has been proposed as an alternative (or complementary) to traditional in-person modes of learning. Prompted by the shift to online learning during the […]
Publication: Teacher educators’ perspectives on gender responsive pedagogy in higher education
Research Impact: The enactment of gender responsive pedagogical approaches has the potential to support learning for all students and foster gender equality within and beyond education systems. This study investigated teacher educators’ perceptions of gender […]
Publication: A systematic review of school-based suicide prevention interventions for adolescents, and intervention and contextual factors in prevention
Research Impact: This is the first systematic review to narratively synthesize available evidence from 28 studies of post-primary school-based suicide prevention (PSSP) on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among 47,000 participants. Findings showed significant improvements, poor […]
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