IPAVCourse: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency and HDip in property management and valuation (full-time route for students). Senior College Dún Laoghaire and Cork College of Commerce.

Course: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (part-time route for mature students). Institute of Technology Tallaght, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Institute of Technology and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology.

Course: diploma in fine and decorative arts. Full-time course (three days per week) as an introduction to a career or for pleasure. October, IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Details: 01-6785685.

Seminar: members professional development seminars. Sustainable Energy Ireland - implementation of the EU Energy Performance of Building Directive. Speaker: Paula Rice. Commercial Lettings. Speaker: Ruth Cannon. October 16th - Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Dublin 24 and October 23rd, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork.

Meeting: European Committee for Standardisation (CED BTTF 180 "services of real estate agents"), Lisbon, Portugal. October 30th and 31st.

RIAI

CPD: RIAI refresher programme 2006 (members only). Galway: October 16th. Limerick: October 23rd. Cork: October 25th. Dublin: November 21st. Contact: tharte@riai.ie.

Event: entries for the RIAI silver medals for conservation and restoration 1999/2000/2001 available at 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 or www.riai.ie. Closing: November 10th. Details: Jill Jacob (01-6691463) or email jjacob@riai.ie.

IAVI

Course: induction day - residential and land agency course. BSc first, third and fourth years. October 7th, DIT, Bolton Street, King's Inn Street entrance, Dublin 1.

Seminar and meeting: Northern Ireland regional seminar and meeting,October 18th, 7.30pm. Topic: money laundering. Speaker. John Horan, the Dunadry, Templepatrick.

Course: BSc course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). October 21st, DIT, Bolton Street, King's Inn Street entrance, Dublin 1.

Lectures: residential and land agency course lectures. October 21st, DIT, Bolton Street, Kings Inn Street entrance, Dublin 1.

Seminar: entitlement to fees - update of Part V. Residential stamp duty; econveyancing; wayleaves and rights of way; family law and property. Experts on above topics. October 24th, 10am to 5.30pm, Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow.

Seminar: overview of the commercial investment market; valuing going concerns; the office market; valuation of licensed premises; the retail market; valuation of petrol stations. Experts on above topics. October 3rd, 10am to 5.30pm, Silver Springs Hotel, Cork.

Seminar: dawn raids and Revenue audits, October 5th, 5.30pm. Speaker: Julie Bourke, Tax Solicitors. The Merrion Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, D4.

Seminar: commercial investment and valuations. October 10th, 10am to 5.30pm. Presentations from experts on the topics. Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, D4.

Seminar: health and safety at work and on-site safety statements for valuers and estate agents, October 26th, 5.30pm. Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Event: IAVI president's lunch, October 13th, 1pm. Guest Speaker: Kenneth Clarke QC, MP. Burlington Hotel. Bookings: Margaret Walsh (01-6611794).

Irish Architectural Archive

Exhibition: Maurice Craig - 50 years of photographing architecture. Exhibition of photographs of architecture from the serious to the whimsical. Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Till September 29th. Tuesday-Friday: 10am to 5pm. Admission: free. Tel: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie or www.iarc.ie.

Engineers Ireland

CPD: project management - module one (run in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, University of Limerick). September 26th/27th. University of Limerick and Clyde Road.

CPD: planning for road projects, September 27th and 28th, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

Course: quantities and estimating. October 5th and 6th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

Course: organisational skills for engineers, October 11th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD: project management - module two (run in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, University of Limerick). October 17th/18th. Clyde Road.

CPD: MS project for engineers, October 18th, Springfield Hotel, Lucan, Co Dublin.

Seminar: ground investigation seminar and book launch. October 19th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD: technical report writing. October 23rd/24th. Clyde Road.

Seminar: ideas, products and solutions of precast seminar (joint IPCA). October 24th. Citywest Hotel, Dublin.

Seminar: new construction and existing portable water reservoirs and structures. October 26th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD: construction contract awareness. October 26th/27th. Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD: project management - module two (run in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, University of Limerick), October 31st and November 1st. University of Limerick and Clyde Road, Dublin 4. Details: Gabby Lynch at 01-6090222 or email gabby@engineersireland.ie.

Bray Institute of Further Education

Courses: interior design. FETAC level five one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma - two-year course with progression to degree course.

Course: furniture design. FETAC level five, one-year course.

Course: garden design. FETAC level five, one-year course.

Course: graphic design. BTEC higher national diploma. Two-year course with progression to degree course.

Course: fashion design. FETAC level five one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma. Two-year course with progression to degree course. Courses start September. Details: 01-2866233.

Institute of Project Management

Course: diploma in applied project management. Cork, Dublin, and Galway.

Course: international certification. Details: 01-6614677. Email: info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.

College of Further Education Dundrum

Course: interior design. FETAC level five. Mornings only.

Course: floristry and garden design. FETAC level five. Mornings only Details: 01-2985412/01-2951376 or www.cfedundrum.com.

National Botanic Gardens

Event: sculpture in context 2006 - outdoor sculpture exhibition until October 20th. National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Details: Ana Duncan (087-6258258). Email: anaduncan@eircom.net or www.sculptureincontext.com.

Portobello College

Course: "Property ladder" property investors course. Starts September 26th until November 14th, 7.30pm to 9.30pm every Tuesday. Course director: Mary FitzGerald. Fee: €180. Details: 01-4321560 or 086-2520181.

Senior College Dún Laoghaire

Morning course: health and safety. One-year course leading to higher national certificate.

Morning course: interior design - one, two and three years. RHODEC Assoc diploma, higher national diploma, and progression to degree at DIT.

Course: garden design for one or two years, leading to higher national diploma. One-year progression to degree.

Course: auctioneering (IPAV), two years for certificate. Two-year progression to degree.

Course: landscape design for one or two years leading to higher national diploma. One-year progression to degree. Details: 1800 2655343. Email: info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.

Irish-American Fulbright Commission

Awards: applications for the Irish Fulbright Commission's annual awards programme for the 2007-'08 academic year opens today with a closing date of November 17th. Awards in the range of €15,000-€20,000 to students to pursue postgraduate studies in the US. There will also be a number of post-doctoral scholar awards up to €10,000 for one academic year. Applicants must outline a clearly defined course of study or research and must obtain their own placements in the US. Details: www.fulbright.ie.

Age Action Ireland

Seminar: creating intelligent environments for positive ageing in conjunction with Douglas Wallace Architects, October 4th, the Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street, Dublin 2. Breakfast from 8am until 8.30am followed by seminar. Speakers: Sue Wheldon, strategic development director of Douglas Wallace and Robin Webster, chief executive of Age Action Ireland.

Society of Chartered Surveyors

Lecture: recent developments in construction law. Speaker: Richard Stowe. October 5th, 6pm, Davenport Hotel. Details: Gen Wilson at 01-6765500.

Irish Property Owners Association

Conference: the green house sessions. One-day conference for residential property investors focusing on energy issues, including the EU Building Performance Directive. October 17th, Croke Park, Dublin 1. Details: 01-8276000 or email info@ipos.ie or www.ipoa.ie.

Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;

e-mail: mhetherington@irish-times.ie