Research Impact: This paper focuses on a community–university partnership built around a programme of study co-created by residents of a disadvantaged community and situated, for the most part, within that community. The impact of the research […]
Proactive is the new reactive. Clodagh Butler
“We need to keep in mind that the future is not something we simply enter, the future is also something we help create” (Baltes, 1997, p. 378). When we think about the definition of work, […]
Postdoctoral opportunities in the Human Sciences Research Unit – Career-Fit. Dr Brian Carson
The Human Sciences Research Unit (HSRU), housed within the department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick, are seeking candidates interested in pursuing postdoctoral fellowships in the areas of Healthy Ageing […]
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 […]
GOING GREEN AS A PATHWAY TO WELL-BEING – Dr Tadhg MacIntyre
Think about your last visit to nature. Was it to a forest trail? An urban park? Or was it alongside a waterway? Our research at the University of Limerick studying memory for physical activity would […]
Are you planning to submit an abstract to the FSEM Spring Study Day – 23rd March 2018? Dr Giles Warrington
The PESS Department in conjunction with GEMS and SAH are hosting the annual Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) Spring Study Day on 23rd March 2018. Details of the event are included along […]
New Publication: Adopting a models-based approach to teaching physical education
Research Impact: This paper provides a first empirical insight into using a models-based practice approach involving several models to teach physical education. At its heart, this paper presents the reader with the realistic and nuanced challenges […]
Cross-talk between physiological systems: A new paradigm for exercise science? Professor Phil Jakeman
Much is known of the time course and nature of adaptation of specific human systems (e.g. cardiovascular, pulmonary, musculoskeletal) to acute (single bout) and chronic (training) exercise. Recent understanding of the interactive nature of periodicity, […]
New Publication: Sex-related differences in the association between grip strength and depression
Research Impact: Muscular strength is a predictor of cardiometabolic disease risk, physical disabilities, mortality, and mental health across aging populations. There is evidence of sex-related differences in some of these associations (i.e., mortality); however, evidence of […]
Has It Been Four Years? Dr Melissa Parker
When I was ever so gently prompted that it was my time to write my personal Blog, I like others wondered – what do I write about? My colleague suggested – why not write about […]
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