PESS e-Zine vol 4 October 2014

On behalf of PESS I would like to welcome you to the fourth edition of the online magazine Physical Education and Sport Sciences e-Zine. Further staffing changes have occurred since the last edition of the e-Zine and I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Gary Ryan (Physical Activity Health Lifestyle and Sports (PAHLS) Project Manager), Dr. Matthew Herring (Lecturer in Exercise Psychology) and Ursula McCarthy (Applied Studies Coordinator). David Kelly, Grainne Hayes and Caoimhe Tiernan are welcomed to the Department as Teaching Assistants and Michelle Dillon returns to PESS for a 11-month appointment. The Department is particularly proud to acknowledge that Drs. Brian Carson, Mark Campbell and Mark Lyons were successful in the most recent round of progression. I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the article in this edition of the e-Zine that pays tribute to Professor Pat Duffy. A number of colleagues in the field of physical education, sport and coaching are still struggling with the untimely passing of Pat whose vision, energy and continual hopes for Irish physical education, sport and physical activity provision were unfaultering throughout the years. Again, the calibre of PESS students has been acknowledged at the August 2014 conferring ceremonies with Lisa Bolger, a 2014 graduating year 4 Sport and Exercise Sciences student, receiving the Silver Medal award for the highest scoring student across all Education and Health Sciences programmes. Also acknowledged were James McAssey and Brendan O’Keeffe from the graduating cohort of the Physical Education programme who jointly received the Silver Medal award for the highest scoring students in interfaculty the graduating year of the Physical Education programme, was awarded the School Placement Award 2014. PESS is delighted to be introducing a new Masters programme in January 2015 titled a Masters in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology. Further information on the programme is included in a related article in this edition. I trust you find the information and articles in this edition of PESS E-Zine informative and ask that if you have any interest in collaborating on teaching or research with PESS that you contact me directly at Ann.MacPhail@ul.ie.