Online application for the Professional Master of Education is open. Review of applicants will begin on 1 March 2019 for a September 2019 intake and will continue only until spaces are filled. The PME is […]
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Biomechanics Research Unit/PESS Seminar on ‘Wearable Sports Performance Analytics’
Dr Darragh Whelan and Dr Martin O’Reilly are sports medicine and sports engineering scientists with the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, and https://www.outputsports.com/ Output Sports system has been developed to test and track multiple […]
Biomechanics Research Unit/PESS Seminar on ‘Player Monitoring’
Patrick Hogan is a Sport Scientist at STATSports https://statsports.com/ . STATSports provides sports science and performance analysis service within the elite sporting industry and its growing client list has included: Juventus, Manchester United, Manchester City, […]
BSc. Physical Education: Celebrating 8 years of i-PLAY with the MacCarthy Cup!!! Dr Daniel Tindall
This past Autumn, our i-PLAYERS were treated to some special guests in attendance to celebrate our 15th session of the ‘Inclusive Play & Leisure Activities for Youth’ (i-PLAY) programme. William O Donoghue and Sean Finn, […]
PME – PE Enters a New Era. Dr Melissa Parker
Welcome to a new era for the Professional Master of Education – Physical Education (PME-PE)! Exciting things are happening and we offer thanks! Six years ago the “Grad Dip” transitioned to a two-year programme resulting […]
Appropriate & Inappropriate Uses of Fitness Tests in School Settings – Brendan O’Keeffe
Let’s all gather round and guess Johnny’s weight… I spoke in a previous blog about the divisive, often vociferous, nature of the debate that surrounds fitness testing in physical education. I put forward that, provided […]
Tips for submitting your research thesis. Joey Murphy
Getting started on the final thesis A lot of work has been completed and now it is time to put it all together in one document to ‘tell your research story’. As I found out, […]
PEPAYS Ireland 2018 Forum – Sat 24th November
As always, this year’s Forum will provide an opportunity for those involved in research related to physical education, physical activity and youth sport to share their work with colleagues. The Forum has been rescheduled and […]
Shining a Light on Professional Practice: PSI Summer School at PESS – Tadhg MacIntyre & Nicole Cassidy
Inspired by attending a Winter School in Austria, organised by Prof. Juergen Beckmann (TUM; Technical University of Munich), the idea of a Summer School became clear. Their Winter school held in Obersdorf, provides an intensive […]
MSc Sports Performance – Closing Date Extended to Oct 5th – Dr Mark Lyons
Online application for the MSc Sports Performance has been extended to Friday 5th October for a January 2019 intake. Shortlisted for the Gradireland Best New Postgraduate Programme in 2015, the MSc in Sports Performance is a […]
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