It is fitting that we revisit the issue of professional accreditation just a year on from the passing of Professor Aidan Moran (1957-2020) who has been described as the father of Irish sport psychology. Aidan […]
Tag: Wellbeing
Looking out for each other’s wellbeing: Dealing with Covid-19: Ann MacPhail & Samuel O. Babalola
‘My focus will be on easing my fears and those of my students and doing anything that assists our mental and physical health’ (Cohan, 2020). Without doubt, teachers and school students have been through a […]
Why Knowledge is Power? Innovative Knowledge Ecosystem to Seed Ideas for GOGREEN ROUTES H2020 Project on Urban Health – Tadhg MacIntyre
The year 2020 has brought into focus the concept of wicked problems-seemingly intractable challenges that are both complex and interconnected with other problems. COVID-19 had demonstrated in dramatic terms how human health is interconnected to […]
Beyond COVID19: A strength-based approach to athlete mental health and well-being: Dr. Tadhg MacIntyre
Timing is everything in sport-this applies to athletes’ synchrony in their 1,600 day Olympic cycle, their seasonal, meso-cycle and micro-cycle. When timelines shift it takes a great deal of adaptation for athletes. Athletes adapt all […]
Changing Times and a Renewed Focus on Wellbeing – Claire Walsh
‘Wellbeing Walsh’ is a name which has been given to me over the past number of years. It is fitting as my PhD research relates to the introduction of the new Wellbeing curriculum within Physical […]
Publication: Dance exposure, wellbeing & injury in collegiate Irish & contemporary dancers: A prospective study
Research Impact: Collegiate contemporary and student Irish dancers experience substantial rates of pain and injury, but non-physical risk factors have been under-investigated in these cohorts. We gathered weekly data from 57 participants from the United Kingdom […]
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 […]
Maintaining our mental well-being while completing a PhD : Jessie Barr
“I don’t think there’s anything darker than doing a PhD”. I first came across the title of this Irish Times article on the day it was published back in December of last year while “taking […]
Founding Head of NCPE, Prof Paul Robinson, Dies in Wales – Professor Mary O’Sullivan & Dr Joanne Moles
It is with great sadness we learned that Prof Paul Robinson passed away following a brief illness on December 30, 2017 in Wales. The Physical Education and Sport Sciences department was established initially in 1972 […]
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 […]
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