In January of this year, the Department of Transport Tourism and Sport sought contributions from organisations and the public to a consultation paper on a framework for a National Sports Policy. A team from PESS […]
Category: Teaching
Applied Studies Coordinator … ‘eh so what does that involve???’ Claire Walsh
It has been over a year since I started working in the Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) department at the University of Limerick (UL), and I still get asked ‘so what is it that […]
Teacher Education and Teacher Educator National Forum: Research and Practice in Ireland
Thursday 30 November 2017 10am to 3.30pm P1-033, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick The University of Limerick issued an invitation to policy makers and teacher educators nationally to […]
The University of Limerick is issuing an invitation to policy makers and teacher educators nationally to share their work practices and scholarship on teacher education and discuss how teacher educators’ professional development needs can be […]
Jennifer Burke Award for Innovation in Teaching & Learning Awarded to Dr. Antonio Calderon
The Jennifer Burke Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning has been awarded annually since 2009 in memory of Jennifer Burke, a well-known and highly regarded friend and colleague of the Irish Learning Technology Community. […]
Learning about Teacher Education Professional Development in Israel – Melissa Parker
What an experience! From June 3rd -10th Mary O’Sullivan, Ann McPhail, and I with Paul Conway (School of Education) and Rose Dolan (Maynooth) had the honour of learning from and with new colleagues in Israel. […]
Professional Master of Education (Physical Education) – Melissa Parker
As September approaches we welcome the 3rd cohort of PME students while saying goodbye to the 2nd. At the same time we honour the 1st cohort of students who graduated in August 2016. The first […]
From CO-OP Kid to Trainee Researcher – Jennifer Higgins
In January 2013 I was appointed as one of two research interns working with the Food Health Ireland (FHI) research team in PESS. Five years later I now have a desk, a grand total of […]
IRFU Certified Conditioning Course – Mark Lyons
Last week, we hosted the IRFU Certified Conditioning Course (CCC) Course at the University of Limerick. Kevin Cradock alongside Fergal O’Callaghan coordinated a fantastic weeklong programme that forms the basis of the Strength and Conditioning […]
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