About This page provides an overview of the Sports Coaching-related teaching, research and consultancy activity undertaken within the Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick. The page serves to promote […]
Category: Teaching
MSc Sports Performance International Graduates – reflections and where are they now? Dr. Mark Lyons
Since 2012, the MSc Sports Performance programme has attracted students from all over the world including the US, UK, Brazil, Luxemburg, France, India, USA, Australia, Malaysia, Poland and China. The course has worldwide appeal as […]
‘pose pause pounce bounce’: Thinking creatively & differently about teaching the wellbeing indicators
Ross Wallace is a practicing teacher and a Professional Masters of Educational (physical education) PESS graduate, and Dylan Scanlon is a PhD Researcher in PESS; both of us have an interest in enacting curriculum policy […]
Be Like an Athlete: Dr Clodagh Butler discusses the thinking behind the Pan-European Study
Bouncing Back and Bouncing Forward My pathway through psychology has included the development of a rigorous research programme on a household term-resilience. As a PESS intern I conducted a feasibility study into an online resilience […]
New Professional Doctorate in Human Performance & Innovation, University of Limerick, Sept 2021 – Dr. Ciarán MacDonncha
The University of Limerick is proud to announce the launch of the new Professional Doctorate in Human Performance and Innovation (4 years part-time). This programme is designed for experienced professionals in sport and high level […]
From the Pitch to Pep Talk and Beyond : A Graduates Journey from the PESS MSc. in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology – Cathal Sheridan
Life outside the Bubble Strandhill is one of Ireland’s premier surf beaches, and I’m fortunate that it is only five minutes down the road from my family home in Co. Sligo. It certainly could not […]
The challenge of teaching ‘pedagogy of aquatics’ on an online platform (Part 2): Dylan Scanlon & Claire Walsh
Welcome back to Part 2 of our blog! To recap, we are focusing on the online space of teaching pedagogy of aquatics. Below we work through our rethinking and redesigning thought-process and share our ideas […]
From Theory to Practice: A Graduates Journey Beyond the MSc. in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology – Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh
From Connemara to Career Change A career in sports journalism culminating in a dual role at the national broadcaster RTE in Irish language news broadcasting and sport reporting, had opened my eyes to the role […]
The challenge of teaching ‘pedagogy of aquatics’ on an online platform (Part 1) – Dylan Scanlon & Claire Walshe
As we re-enter the next academic semester, physical education teacher educators are in a process of translating their usual face-to-face teaching into online material which can be used in a fully online or blended learning […]
New Professional Doctorate in Human Performance & Innovation, UL, Sept 2021
The University of Limerick would like to announce the launch of the new Professional Doctorate in Human Performance and Innovation (4 years part-time, level 10 NFQ, 270 credits). This new, innovatively designed, practitioner oriented and […]
