I have spent the last week thinking of what to write for this blog. My first idea was about my experience of being a non-English native speaker PhD student in Ireland. Then I changed my […]
Category: Research
Wheely Good Fitness: Adapting Fitness Training for Wheelchair Users – Tom Comyns
Modifying any fitness regime for different abilities is a key requirement of strength and conditioning coaches or Physical Education teachers. During the last academic year PESS hosted a two day workshop in adapted strength and […]
PESS Postgraduate Scholarship Awarded to Dylan Scanlon
Congratulations to Dylan Scanlon on being awarded a PESS 2017 scholarships for his PhD Study. Dylan Scanlon (supervised by Prof. Ann MacPhail and Dr. Antonio Calderon) was awarded a scholarship for his proposed PhD study […]
COST Action BESTPRAC The voice of research administrators – Orla Power-Grant
On a daily basis I meet researchers and discuss potential funding opportunities that might support their work. Something that regularly comes up is funding to support travel to build international networks. The European Cooperation in […]
The ICCE Global Coach Conference: My first international conference experience – Paul Kinnerk
The International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) Global Coach Conference is in its 11th year. The conference brings together frontline coaches, coach educators and developers, academics and sports scientists to share research, best practice and […]
What type of athlete are you? Sprints, jumps and Genes – Ciaran Keogh
The individualisation of sports training is often seen as the holy grail of sports performance, the ability to perfectly match the characteristics of a player with how they train is often proposed as the key […]
Body fat loss-dietary opportunities (Marta Kozior)
Intentional body fat loss is a popular topic across people of different age, gender and physical activity level. The rationale to lose body fat may be motivated by a number of factors including appearance, health, […]
2018 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme – OPEN
The Irish Research Council is delighted to announce that it has opened its call for the 2018 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship programme. This programme offers scholarships for suitably qualified individuals to pursue a research […]
The Biomechanics Research Unit – Current Projects in Sport and Performance
The Biomechanics Research Unit (BRU) consists of 5 core faculty and 11 postgraduate researchers within the department of physical Education and Sport Sciences. The mission of the BRU is to advance the research in the […]
PhD life – A career in research, a gateway into the applied world, or both? Niall Kelly
Before completing my MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology in Belfast, it was my intention to spend 12 rigorous months applying myself to learning a trade that I love, and enter the working world shortly […]
