Congratulations to all the members of the PESS Athena Swan Committee who received the Athena Swan Bronze Award on behalf of PESS at the awards ceremony in Dublin last week. This is a tremendous achievement […]
Incorporating Physical Activity into Your Daily Life – Giles Warrington
With our increasingly busy lifestyles typified by long commutes to work and extended working days, the idea of trying to shoehorn time for physical activity into your daily routine can be very challenging. For many […]
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 […]
New Publication: The effects of increased sedentary time on cardiometabolic health in adults
Research Impact: Increased time spent engaged in sedentary behaviours (e.g. sitting) was shown to have small, but potentially detrimental associations with several cardiometabolic health markers, including fasting glucose, fasting insulin, triglycerides, HDL-C and waist circumference. From […]
Fix the Fixing: Launch of Sporting Integrity Toolkit
Fix the Fixing – Launch of Sporting Integrity Toolkit to Prevent Match-Fixing Monday Dec 4th 12.15-16.15 University of Limerick Pavilion Fix the Fixing Flyer Kindly RSVP by Friday 6pm to tadhg.macintyre@ul.ie Pavilion number 36 on […]
Post Viva Reflections – Cormac Powell
Recently, I successfully passed my viva, which was the culmination of four years of work. There were times when it was stressful, times where I questioned my decision to pursue a PhD and one or […]
PESS/HRI Seminar: Challenges for mental health among elite athletes & sport psychologists
“Challenges for mental health among elite athletes and sport psychologists: The role of the participants voice” Seminar Summary It has long been assumed that elite athletes are less vulnerable to mental health issues than […]
Internships on the CSPPA (Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity
Internships on the CSPPA (Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity) follow up study at the University of Limerick, Ireland (available from January 2018 to June 2018) This internship is an opportunity for individuals to spend […]
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 […]
New Publication: Bivariate functional principal components analysis in sports biomechanics
Abstract: Sporting performance is often investigated through graphical observation of key technical variables that are representative of whole movements. The presence of differences between athletes in such variables has led to terms such as movement […]
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