PESS e-Zine vol 6 Autumn 2015

On behalf of the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) I wish to welcome you to the next edition of the PESS e-Zine. My thanks to all those involved in the editing and contribution of submissions to the e-Zine. Through the UL Beo initiative, PESS is supporting the inaugural Pat Duffy Lecture on the 5th October 2015. As you may recall, a tribute to Pat Duffy appeared in the last edition of the PESS e-Zine. The university community is invited to attend the event and Baroness Sue Campbell CBE (Chair of Youth Sport Trust UK and former Chair of UK Sport) and Dr. Keith Wood (former Ireland and Lions Rugby Captain and Chair of the Healthy Ireland Council). Further information on the event is noted in this edition of the PESS e-Zine. I would like to welcome Dr. Tom Comyns (Lbb in Human Movement Science), Dr. Giles Warrington (SL in Sport and Exercise Science), Dr. Orla Power-Grant (EHS Research Funding Officer), Alan Griffin (Sport and Exercise Science Teaching Assistant), Rosemary Daniel (Applied Sport Experimental Officer) and Sharon Nolan (Senior Administrator) to PESS. The role of Orla’s post, jointly funded by PESS and GEMS, is to provide dedicated support to researchers within PESS, the Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS) and the wider EHS Faculty. Orla aims to assist researchers in identifying funding opportunities and supporting them in preparing applications for external research funding. It is envisaged that collaborations across PESS and GEMS and across EHS will lead to synergistic partnerships and make a contribution to the strategic development of faculty research outputs and thus support the EHS Research Strategy and the University’s Strategic Plan. I encourage those interested in exploring research connections and / or collaborations with PESS to contact me at Ann.MacPhail@ul.ie or contact Orla at Orla.Power-Grant@ul.ie I would encourage students and staff to forward information on student and staff achievements (your own or others) to Michelle.Hyland @ul.ie so that such achievements can be celebrated and promoted. I trust you will find the sixth edition of PESS e-Zine as informative and engaging as previous additions.