PHC Summer Newsletter 2017 (.pdf)

Dear Colleagues, please find file information a physical activity and sports congress in Israel 29 June - 1 July 2017, which is about to include at least two sessions on adapted physical activity/sports. One session on health-related physical activity and one on adapted sport. This may be an excellent opportunity for utilization within bilateral agreements with Wingate.
Please make sure to share it with your colleagues and possibly on IFAPA and EUFAPA websites.

Prof. Yeshayahu "Shayke" Hutzler Ph.D

APA: An International Road to Inclusion, Symposiu

The symposium addresses all colleagues and students, who professionally deal with the topics special education and/or inclusion in and through sports. It addresses especially to colleagues and students in special education and sports science as well as to teachers in regular, mainstream and special education schools.

The lectures will be projected both in English and German. The building is accessible for wheelchairs. If you need assistance of any kind, please let us know in your registration. Due to the generous support of the "Thomas Lurz and Dieter Schneider Sports Foundation"
participation is free of charge.
For registration please send an e-mail to:
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Registration deadline: 21st of April 2017

Programme:
From 1.30 p.m.: Registration
2.00 – 2.15 p.m.: Official Opening
2.15 – 3.00 p.m.: First Key Note
,,Adapted Physical Activity in Europe: Professional reality and role toward inclusion" (Ferreira)
3.00 – 3.45 p.m.: Second Key Note
„Crossing boundaries through inclusion: national and international perspectives in sports science and practice" (Radtke)
3.45 – 4.30 p.m.: Coffee Break
4.30 – 5.15 p.m.: „APA - Theory and Practice" „APA in European
(higher) educational settings: Examples from Belgium and Denmark" (McCulloch & Kerremans, Kopperholdt & Rundh)
5.15 – 6.30 p.m.: Round Table: „APA and inclusion: A personal perspective" (Tiemann) Discussion (Ferreira, Radtke, Tiemann, McCulloch, Kerremans, Kopperholdt, Rundh and Dinold) After 6.30 p.m.: Preview with Wine & Cheese „NOLIMITS! – A sports festival to promote inclusion in and through sports" (Hoos and Wendel)

Flyer (.pdf)

Institute of Technology, Tralee UNESCO Chair Post-Doctoral Researcher (pdf)

Institute of Technology, Tralee UNESCO Chair Researcher (pdf)

We invite applications for a full-time PhD project exploring the relation between cognition and motor proficiency in athletes with intellectual disabilities, employing the cognitive-motor dual task approach. We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual (m/f) with an excellent research record and/or interest in studying functional aspects of the human brain in relation to sport proficiency, and/or interest in the field of adapted physical activity.

Offer
We offer the PhD candidate a full-time employment (initially for 2 years with a possible 2-year extension given the candidate is positively evaluated), in order to write a doctoral thesis within 4 years, in an intellectually challenging environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. It is highly focused on inter- and multidisciplinary research. It provides its students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.
Successful completion of the PhD program will result in a doctoral degree in Biomedical Sciences. The candidate will be associated with the doctoral school of Physical Exercise in Health & Disease.
You will work in Leuven, an historic, dynamic and lively city located in the heart of Belgium, within 20 minutes from Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and less than two hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam.

Interest?
The position will be available from 1st of March 2017.
You can apply for this job no later than 6th of January 2017 via the online application: http://www.kuleuven.be/solliciteren.

Preselected candidates will be invited for an interview during the week of 9 – 13 of January.
In order to apply, you will have to upload a motivation letter and a CV (including your grades).

For more information regarding this vacancy please contact dr. Debbie Van Biesen, tel.: +32 16 37 65 12, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

PHD VACANCY – R&D CENTRE LEUVEN

Im Anhang findet ihr die Ausschreibung über den Skikurs für Menschen mit Cerebralparese für den kommenden Winter!

Alpinevent vom 8.-14. Jänner 2017 - in Kaprun / Zell am See
Anmeldeschluss: 25. November 2016
Info und Anmeldung bei: Bettina Mössenböck, Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bitte auch an Interessierte weiterleiten, danke!

Attached you'll find the bid for a skicourse for people with cerebral palsy!

Alpine Event, January 8-14, 2017, in Kaprun/Zell See
Registration deadline: November 25, 2016
Information and registration at: Bettina Mössenböck, mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

I ask you to forward the information to interested people! Thanks!