It was roughly this time last year when I was coming to the very end of my time as a PhD student, I was waiting for my viva examination that was due in a week’s […]
Tag: advice
Reflections on my first international conference at ACSM 2019 – Chloe Forte
In May of this year I, along with a good group of my friends and colleagues from PESS, travelled from Limerick to the USA for my first international conference. The American College of Sports Medicine […]
Irish National Teacher Education and Teacher Educator Forum – Professor Ann MacPhail
There has long been a need for a National Teacher Education and Teacher Educator Forum in Ireland to support the professional development of teacher educators and to contribute to the development of the continuum of […]
Case-study of elite level Powerlifter Ray Williams – Arthur Lynch
Introduction I’m a bit of an oddball within this department. You won’t see me going out watching a GAA match or entering the great Limerick run anytime soon. Those pursuits do not interest me. Granted […]
Exploring the link between teaching and coaching – Paul Kinnerk
Teaching and coaching are sometimes viewed as distinct professions with distinct goals. This distinction is most obvious in sports coaching settings where coaches are always referred to as “the coach” and never “a teacher,” even […]
Plant derived proteins in performance nutrition. Dr Catherine Norton
Nutrition has an irrefutable role in support of athletic training. Dependent on many factors Figure 1 below, sports and exercise nutritionists (SENs) can determine optimal nutrient strategies to support a specific training stimulus or competitive […]
Optimizing your undergraduate experience as a Sport & Exercise Sciences student – Evan Crotty
When people first enter the Bachelor of Science in Sport and Exercise Sciences they can be unsure about what the career trajectory attached to this course is and whether it is a theoretical or practical […]
New Years Resolutions – Why Most Fail! Dr. Giles Warrington
According to Mark Twain “New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.” With Christmas over we come […]
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 […]
Little Fish Can Make A Splash – Cassandra Iannucci
In 23 days across April and May 2017, I travelled 25207 kilometres, attended three conferences, gave two research presentations, ran two workshops, and participated in a European Physical Education Teacher Education Project meeting. It was […]
PESS News & Information 