The University of Limerick (UL) with over 15,000 students and 1,400 staff is an energetic and enterprising institution with a proud record of innovation and excellence in education, research and scholarship. The dynamic, entrepreneurial and […]
Category: Teaching
Engaging with our community through the UL Beo Lecture series – Gary Ryan
The University of Limerick strategy “Broadening Horizons” mentions the importance of community engagement. It is a pillar of this University to be connected and part of the community around us and it is part of […]
Equality Games 2018 at the University of Limerick – Shauna Molloy
On Friday, 20th April, 3rd year Physical Education (PE) students from the University of Limerick (UL) held the inaugural Equality Games. 6th class pupils from the following Limerick schools – St Patrick’s Boys, St. Patrick’s Girls and the Gaelscoil, travelled to the University campus to participate on the […]
Teacher Education & Teacher Educator Second National Forum – April 23rd 2018
Teacher Education & Teacher Educator Second National Forum Monday 23 April 2018 Maynooth University This seminar will focus on and discuss two current and crucial issues which we believe we, as teacher educators and stakeholders […]
MSc Sports Performance – Internationalisation. Dr Mark Lyons
The University of Limerick has links with over 400 universities in 38 countries and welcomes over 2,000 international students each year. This number is increasing year-on-year. Linked to this may be the University’s reputation for […]
BSc. Physical Education: Celebrating 7 years of i-PLAY – Dr Daniel Tindall
This past Autumn 2017 session, our i-PLAYERS were treated to some special guests in attendance to celebrate our 13th session of the ‘Inclusive Play & Leisure Activities for Youth’ (i-PLAY) programme. Ciara and Mark Cummins, […]
Tom Comyns – EHS Winner for the UL Excellence in Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Tom Comyns (Lecturer in Human Movement Science in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences), who has been selected as the EHS winner for the UL Excellence in Teaching award. This […]
Dr. Deborah Tannehill – 2017 AIESEP Fellow
AIESEP is an international research association for sport pedagogy. Each year the AIESEP Fellowship is awarded to an outstanding academic to: Recognize their scholarly excellence in research in physical education, physical activity and sport pedagogy […]
Education Model for Parents of Athletes In Academics (EMPATIA) – Gary Ryan
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 […]
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 […]
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