This project is looking to recruit a Research Assistant (one day a week (equivalent) over 18 months) to support data collection and analysis on a project exploring teaching social justice in (physical education) initial teacher […]
PEPAYS Forum 2022 – Call for Abstracts – Dr Brendan O’Keeffe
PEPAYS Ireland are delighted to announce that the PEPAYS Forum will take place at the University of Limerick, on Saturday, June 11th. The title of the forum is ‘(Re)connecting as a Community – Grand Challenges […]
PESS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE JUNe 2022 to december 2022.
The PESS Internship is an opportunity for UL students to spend up to eight weeks in PESS gaining experience in one of four research areas, (1) Food for Health, (2) Physical Activity and Health, (3) […]
undergraduate & Postgraduate Taught Programmes in PESS – Prof Giles warrington.
Building on the reputation of our established flagship undergraduate courses in Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Science, which were the original programmes of their kind in Ireland, in the current academic year PESS has introduced […]
Qualtrics is not as scary as it looks: a guide to setting up your questionnaire – caera Grady.
UL ITD have recently set up Qualtrics with the Single sign on and multifactor authentication. What does this mean? Well it means we can login with our UL login details. Qualtrics is an online survey […]
Where are they now: Ciarán O Reilly, MSc Sports Performance Class of 2021 is with FC Midjtylland – Ciaran O’Reilly Sport Scientist MSc
I am currently working as a sports science intern with FC Midjtylland’s first team & academy. FC Midjtylland is one of the biggest clubs in Denmark competing on the European stage regularly. Before this role, […]
Publication: Embedding assessment in learning experiences: Enacting the principles of instructional alignment in physical education teacher education
Research Impact: This paper focuses on interrogating ‘why’ and ‘how’ assessment can be effectively embedded in the delivery of learning experiences. That is, assessment as a means to engage students in the learning process rather […]
Publication: The perceived needs of teacher educators as they strive to implement curriculum change
Research Impact: The focus of this study was to explore teacher educators’ experiences as they prepared preservice teachers to implement a new physical education curriculum, and to identify their professional needs to support this work. […]
Publication: Remote, face‐to‐face, and group‐based interventions for promoting strength training in healthy community‐based adults (Protocol)
Research Impact: Cohort studies have demonstrated an association between participation in muscle strengthening activities and a reduction in all‐cause, cardiovascular, cancer, and chronic lower respiratory tract disease mortality (Stamatakis 2018; Zhao 2020), and reduced risk of type […]
My experiences of Data Collection – Jonathan Holmes.
My research topic is focused on mapping out the responses in the sprint start in athletics. My research is part of the Feasibility Analysis of Sprint Start Technologies group within the PESS Biomechanics Research Unit. […]
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