RIAI Exhibition: Building Better Communities by Design Exhibition. Letterkenny Public Services Centre, Neill T Blaney Road, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Monday-Friday: 9.30am-6pm. Saturday: 10am-6pm. Admission: free.
Course: practising architecture in Ireland. Introductory course for foreign architects working in Ireland or Irish graduates recently returned from abroad. Dublin: November 28th-30th from 4pm to 8.45pm. Contact: tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.
Course: health and safety - designing for safety. Half-day programme to support architects in meeting new requirements. Developed by the RIAI and Douglas Wallace Architects. Galway: November 14th. Limerick: November 21st. Cork: November 28th. (All 9am to 1pm). Dublin: December 1st (10am-2pm), December 12th (9am-1pm), December 15th (9am-1pm). The programme is also available on an in-house basis. Details: tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.
IPAV
Meeting: examiners and lecturers to the part-time certificate in auctioneering and estate agency courses, November 18th, 9.45am, IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685.
Awards: ceremony for graduates of IPAV's certificate in auctioneering and estate agency course. November 10th: Senior College Dún Laoghaire. November 24th: Cavan Institute. November 29th: Cork College of Commerce.
IAVI
Lectures: BSc course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). November 18th. Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Seminar: commercial day. Various speakers. November 21st, 10am to 5.30pm, Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Meeting: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: compulsory purchase - heads of claim. Speaker: John Hessian. November 21st, 7.30pm, the Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast.
Seminar: implementing EU energy performance requirements in Ireland. Speakers: Paula Rice and Catherine Mooney. November 23rd, 5.30pm, Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Meeting: national council, November 30th, 2.30pm, 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
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: furniture design. FETAC level five.
Course: garden design. FETAC level five.
Course: graphic design. BTEC higher national diploma.
Course: fashion design. FETAC level five one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma. Details: 01-2866233.
Institute of Project Management
Course: diploma in applied project management (six-month programme - 13 days). Recommences (January 2007): Cork, Dublin, and Galway.
Course: project management framework. Dublin: November 20th/21st, December 18th/19th. Details: 01-6614677. Email: info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
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, progression to degree at DIT.
Course: garden design for one or two years, leading to higher national diploma.
Course: auctioneering (IPAV), two years for certificate. Two-year progression to degree.
Course: landscape design (one or two years) for higher national diploma. Details: 1800-2655343. Email: info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.
College of Further Education Dundrum
Course: interior design. FETAC level five.
Course: floristry and garden design. FETAC level five. Details: 01-2985412/01-2951376 or www.cfedundrum.com.
Irish-American Fulbright Commission
Awards: applications for the Irish Fulbright Commission's annual awards programme for 2007-'08 academic year closing November 17th. Awards of €15,000-€20,000 for postgraduate studies in the US. Post-doctoral scholar awards up to €10,000 for one academic year. Applicants must outline a course of study or research and obtain their placements in the US. Details: www.fulbright.ie.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition: Temple Bar 15 exhibition in partnership with Temple Bar Cultural Trust marks the 15th anniversary of the architectural competition to find a framework plan for Temple Bar. Till January 2007. Irish Architectural Archive's Gallery, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tuesday-Friday: 10am to 5pm. Admission: free. Details: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie. Web: www.iarc.ie.
Engineers Ireland
Seminar: nanotechnology seminar organised jointly by Engineers Ireland and the Institute of Physics in Ireland. November 14th. Fee: €150. The Education Centre, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Seminar: project management annual seminar - managing large projects. November 16th, Lynch South Court Hotel, Limerick.
CPD: change management workshop. November 17th, Lynch South Court Hotel, Limerick.
CPD: techie brekkie - interpersonal appraisal skills. November 21st, Ulster Bank, George's Quay, Dublin 2.
CPD: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, University of Limerick). November 21st and 22nd, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: engineering and design of roads. November 22nd and 23rd. Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.
Awards: MEETA annual awards. November 23rd, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Seminar: MEETA annual seminar. November 24th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: quantities and estimating. November 29th and 30th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: organisational skills for engineers. November 30th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: method of measurement at roadworks (NRA). December 1st, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: project management - module two (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, University of Limerick). December 5th and 6th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Seminar: innovation seminar. December 8th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: techie brekkie - marketing made simple. December 12th, Ulster Bank, George's Quay, Dublin 2.
CPD: technical report writing. December 12th and 13th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Society of Chartered Surveyors
Event: southern region annual dinner. November 10th, Maryborough Court Hotel. Details: Isobel O'Regan, 021-4906344.
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
