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"I am delighted with the outstanding results produced by the School of Sport.
The depth and breadth of achievements in this Unit of Assessment are evident in world-leading/internationally excellent scores across the entire assessment profile, especially in terms of research impact and environment.
I am especially proud of our achievements to translate research outcomes into meaningful impact for the benefit of wider civil society.
These outstanding results are testament to an excellent collaborative team of talented and dedicated academic, research, technical and business support staff."
How we did
Overall
An outstanding 89% of our research has been judged as world-leading or internationally excellent.
Research Impact
100% of our impact case studies have been judged as having outstanding or very considerable impacts in terms of their reach and significance.
Environment
100% of our research environment has been judged as being conducive to producing research of world-leading or internationally excellent quality and enabling outstanding impact, in terms of its vitality and sustainability
Research Director
Unit of Assessment Coordinator
People Involved
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Our Team
Name Role Breslin, G Dr Research Director Carlin, A Dr Lecturer in Exercise and Health (Physiology) Darby, P Dr Reader in Sport & Exercise Davison, G Professor Research Director - Sport & Exercise Sciences Fitzpatrick, B Dr Senior Lecturer Hassan, D Professor Associate Dean (Global Engagement) Haughey, T Mrs Senior Lecturer Kennedy, R Dr Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Kitchin, P Dr Head of School of Sport Liston, K Dr Senior Lecturer Matthews, M Dr Lecturer in Sport Physiotherapy McCabe, C Dr Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Biomechanics McClean, C Dr Lecturer McMahon, G Dr Lecturer in Exercise Health (Physiology) McNeilly, A Dr Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Nutrition Meade, M Dr Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology Murphy, M Professor Dean of Postgraduate Research and Director of the Ulster Doctoral College Paradis, K Dr Lecturer in Sport Sociology/Sport Psychology (Mental Health) Sharp, L Dr Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology Wallace, E Professor Professor of Biomechanics & Sport Technology
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"The School of Sport is delighted with the results from REF2021, and they are testament to the hard work completed over a sustained period of time. Our research, returned by 19.2 academic staff, encompasses the disciplines of exercise medicine, physical activity and the social sciences of sport. 81% of our outputs and 100% of our impact and environment were rated as outstanding or very considerable, and world-leading or internationally excellent respectively.
These outstanding results for sport and exercise science research at Ulster demonstrates a continued upward trajectory and solidifies our research base as world-leading and internationally excellent aligned to innovative, cutting-edge and inter-disciplinary research in sport and exercise."
Impact Case Studies and Environment Statement
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- A combined γ-H2AX and 53BP1 approach to determine the DNA damage-repair response to exercise in hypoxia
- A systematic review of interventions to increase awareness of mental health and well-being in athletes, coaches and officials
- A systematic review of the impact of sport-based interventions on the psychological well-being of people in prison
- Active Students Are Healthier and Happier Than Their Inactive Peers: The Results of a Large Representative Cross-Sectional Study of University Students in Ireland
- Altering Pace Control and Pace Regulation: Attentional Focus Effects during Running
- An approach to identifying the effect of technique asymmetries on body alignment in swimming exemplified by a case study of a breaststroke swimmer.
- An empirical use of organizational habitus and ethnography to explore how sport cultures are negotiated
- Analysis of the delivery plane in the golf swing using principal components
- Associations of self-reported physical activity and depression in 10,000 Irish adults across harmonised datasets: a DEDIPAC-study
- Can we predict the outcome for people with patellofemoral pain? : A systematic review on prognostic factors and treatment effect modifiers
- Capturing patient-reported area of knee pain: a concurrent validity study using digital technology in patients with patellofemoral pain
- Changes in aerobic capacity and glycaemic control in response to reduced-exertion high-intensity interval training (REHIT) are not different between sedentary men and women
- Development and validation of an inventory to assess conflict in sport teams: the Group Conflict Questionnaire
- DNA Damage Following Acute Aerobic Exercise: A Systematic Review and Meta‑analysis
- Effect of torso morphology on maximum hydrodynamic resistance in front crawl swimming
- Effects of frequency, intensity, duration and volume of walking interventions on CVD risk factors: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of randomized controlled trials among inactive healthy adults
- Exercise training comprising of single 20-s cycle sprints does not provide a sufficient stimulus for improving maximal aerobic capacity in sedentary individuals
- Exercise training protects the LDL I subfraction from oxidation susceptibility in an aged human population
- Influence of Tibial Shock Feedback Training on Impact Loading and Running Economy
- Interventions outside the workplace for reducing sedentary behaviour in adults under 60 years of age
- Managing organizational reputation in response to a public shaming campaign
- Metabolomic Response to Acute Hypoxic Exercise and Recovery in Adult Males
- On being 'head strong': The pain zone and concussion in non-elite rugby union
- Oral spray wintertime vitamin D3 supplementation has no impact on inflammation in Gaelic footballers
- Outdoor walking speeds of apparently healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Self-rated walking pace and all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality: individual participant pooled analysis of 50 225 walkers from 11 population British cohorts
- Service Providers’ Attitudes Toward Athletes With Eating Disorders
- Sport and the Sustainable Development Goals: Where is the policy coherence?
- Sport and underachievement among protestant youth in Northern Ireland: a boxing club case study
- The ‘Great Game’ and Sport: Identity, Contestation and Irish–British Relations in the Olympic Movement
- The acute effects of walking exercise intensity on systemic cytokines and oxidative stress
- The cardiopulmonary exercise test grey zone; optimising fitness stratification by application of critical difference
- 'The Downfall of a Man is Not the End of His Life': Navigating Involuntary Immobility in Ghanaian Football
- The Effect of a School-Based Intervention on Physical Activity and Well-Being: a Non-Randomised Controlled Trial with Children of Low Socio-Economic Status
- The effect of walking on risk factors for cardiovascular disease: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials
- The influence of 5-iron clubhead mass distribution on clubhead presentation and initial ball launch conditions – Part II: Player tests
- The influence of 5-iron clubhead mass distribution on clubhead presentation and initial ball launch conditions: Part I: Golf robot tests
- The mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoQ, attenuates exercise-induced mitochondrial DNA damage
- The psychological features of patellofemoral pain: A systematic review
- The social environment in children's sport. Cohesion, social acceptance, commitment, and enjoyment
