This week, we will introduce you to our PEAI Executive for 2023-24. To kick off, our President Brendan O’Keeffe (University of Limerick) and Vice-President, Alan Finnegan (Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh). Brendan O'Keeffe Alan Finnegan

Looking forward to hosting the Physical Education Association of Ireland Conference in PESS @ UL later this year. Keep an eye out on our social channels for further updates in the coming weeks.

Is it time to change the design of school uniforms? Sometimes, the best solutions are the most obvious.💡 Check out the blog post below. ⤵️

BSc PE students of module #PY4132 in PESS @ UL examining both lab & field-based approaches for assessing & developing aerobic fitness. #ULFITPE 🏃‍♂️🥊🏋‍♀️

🗞️New Publication as part of the Erasmus+ funded #TheBeforeProject Risk and Protective Factors for Bullying in Sport: A Scoping Review 🔓Open Access 🔗rdcu.be/dCKn1

This year's PEPAYS Ireland Research Forum takes place Munster Technological University on Friday, June 7th. 📝 Abstract deadline = May 2nd. An excellent platform for final year undergraduate, postgraduate & researchers to share your research & connect. Details below ⤵️

🚨New pub (open access in Sport, Education and Society Journal ) w/ Alex Becky Jordan Wintle Mats Hordvik Paper advocates for ‘weak’ teaching practice and shares how to co-construct the features of meaningful PE - check out what PSTs came up with as features in pic! Read: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Delighted to announce that the first of our #CoachingConverstationsUL hosted by PESS @ UL will be on campus on May 28th. For more information, check out the blog below. 👇 Free to attend but please register to secure a place. pess.blog/2024/04/25/coa…

Great day at the PExpo Ireland in the National Indoor Arena, the event has gone from strength to strength. Super work by all involved. 👏 Sport Ireland

What a week at AIESEP 🇫🇮 so great to see old friends, make new friends, and present our research in pics below ⬇️ such a great community 🥰 Deakin Research Deakin University - Arts & Ed

What a week at #AIESEP2024 in beautiful Jyväskylä, Finland 🇫🇮 Great conference with even better people. Presented prelim findings on 2 #LCPE studies and some longitudinal work. Well done to organisers & hosts, kittos! 👏 #PESportPedagogyUL AIESEP EHS Research

The Physical Education Association of Ireland Summer Newsletter is now available, link below ⤵️ Updates include: 📍Details of Conference 2024 PESS @ UL 📘 Latest #LCPE Resource Outputs 🔬Research updates 🍎 Nutrition Webinar ... & much more. Huge credit to Alan Finnegan for editing. 👏 #PEAI

Great day at the PEPAYS Ireland Forum 2024. Lots of exciting research across PE, PA & Youth Sport nationally. Super work by all in the Dept. of Health & Leisure Studies Munster Technological University Kerry. 👏 #PESportPedagogyUL

The final multiplier event of the Erasmus+ #TheBeForeProject took place in Dublin City University on Friday. A great team from four European countries 🇮🇪🇩🇪🇪🇸🇸🇪 The interactive online course is now available for free - suitable for coaches & club administrators 🔗 antibullyingcentre.ie/before/

We're very excited to launch the PEAI's Equipment Giveaway Competition "Making a Meaningful Difference!". Students across the country, in collaboration with their PE teacher, have to create a short video (2-4 mins) showcasing the fantastic work going on in your PE programme (1/2)

We are recruiting for our very last round of FREE, fully supervised, 1-1 training for beginners to resistance exercise training here in UL! Don’t miss out on this last opportunity! Please follow the link and fill out the survey in full! unioflimerick.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cF…

🎙Spoke with Joe Nash of Live 95 about our ongoing PESS @ UL research on school uniform design, listen back here ⤵️ shows.acast.com/60b372fb-6c93-…

Stoked to see my 7th and final publication stemming from my PhD over the line✅ "Test-Retest Reliability of a PA Behaviour, Health and Wellbeing Questionnaire in Adolescents" 💪👏 Open Access in Open Research Europe: open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/3-154 Brendan O'Keeffe 👏

Keep on eye on our Physical Education Association of Ireland social media pages this coming Monday when we will be opening bookings for our 2024 Conference workshops in UL on Saturday 5th October. Places in each workshop will be capped, so early booking is highly recommended. Excitement is building!