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. […]
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) […]
Learning to be a teacher in online only environments – Dr Antonio Calderón.
Recently, together with my colleagues Dr Mary Masterson and Ebru Boynuegri, we have presented at ESAI conference, some findings from the study where we explore teacher educators and student teacher experiences on online teaching and […]
Professional Development in Sport – MSc Sports Performance at UL – amy mcguire.
What were your main reasons for studying the MSc Sports Performance programme? After graduating from an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science, I wanted to deepen my understanding of sports performance but I still wasn’t entirely […]
Publication: ‘Are all domains created equal? An exploration of stakeholder views on the concept of physical literacy’
Research Impact: The purpose of this study was to gather empirical data from key stakeholders working with young people in areas related to physical literacy across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, to capture […]
Publication: The clustering of physical activity and screen time behaviours in early childhood and impact on future health-related behaviours: a longitudinal analysis of children aged 3 to 8 years’
Research Impact: Meeting physical activity and screen time guidelines has been associated with improved health in children. Research has shown that lifestyle behaviours happen in combination and can be tracked into later life. Thus, a […]
UL to the UK; MSc Sports Performance to Academy Sport Scientist West Bromwich Albion Football Club – Dean morgan.
What were your main reasons for studying the MSc Sports Performance programme? I decided to study on the MSc Sports Performance programme because I had always wanted to advance my career and this programme fit […]
Research participation opportunity – Pre exercise carbohydrate feeding and bone metabolism – Conor Raleigh.
There has been a recent increase in the popularity of low carbohydrate diets or low carbohydrate high fat diets being adopted by athletic populations. This may lead to some adaptations that improve the endurance phenotype, […]
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