Events in your area
IAVI
Meeting: Connacht/Donegal regional meeting and seminar. Topic: The Expert Witness and Landlord and Tenant Act. Speaker: Paul Good. November 19th. The Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar, Co Mayo at 3 p.m.
Meeting: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: Buying and selling real estate in Spain. Speaker: John Burns. November 26th. The Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast.
Meeting: National council. November 27th. 2.30 p.m. 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Seminar: Current and emerging technology and how to harness it for property marketing. Speaker: Billy Beggs. Today at 5.30 p.m. 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Seminar: The practical implications of the Valuation Act 2001. Speakers: Declan Lavelle and Liam Cahill, Valuation Office. November 24th. 2 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. The Conrad Hotel, Dublin 2.
CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS IRELAND
Lectures: Lunchtime lectures as part of 2003 seed collection season in conjunction with "Seeds of Time" exhibition - November. Dates and times from Conservation Volunteers Ireland at 01-4952878.
Course: Hedgelaying. A one-day course aimed at those who want to learn this craft or those who intend to use it on a practical basis. December 6th and 7th. Fee: €70. Venue: Firhouse/Rathfarnham area.
To book a place on a course, phone Conservation Volunteers Ireland on 01-4952878 or e-mail info@cvi.ie
SENIOR COLLEGE, DÚN LAOGHAIRE
Course: Full-time courses. Interior design. One, two, three years - RHODEC. Landscape design: One, two years - BTEC degree progression. Auctioneering: Two years - IPACV, degree progression. Last call for enrolment. For details, phone 1800-2655343, e-mail info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie
BRAY INSTITUTE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
Courses: Full-time courses. Higher national diploma course (BTEC). Degree progression in interior design, graphic design, multi-media and web design and fashion design. Certificate courses in interior design and fashion design. Details from Bray Institute of Further Education, Novara Avenue, Bray, Co Wicklow. Tel: 01-2828721, 01-2829668, 01-2866233. E-mail: enquiries@bife.ie
SOCIETY OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS
Course: SCS/IAVI joint seminar - the implications of the Valuation Act 2001. November 24th. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Conrad Hotel.
Annual dinner: SCS south region annual dinner. November 14th at 8 p.m. Maryborough House Hotel, Cork. Contact Isobel O'Regan at 021-4906344.
Details from Louise Ryan at 01-6765500 or www.scs.ie.
INSTITUTE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Course: Project management framework. Dublin, Cork, and Galway.
Course: Diploma in applied project management (six-month programme - 13 days). Recommences: Dublin, Cork and Galway, January 2004. For further information phone 01-6614677 or e-mail info@projectmanagement.ie or see www.projectmanagement.ie
DUBLIN CIVIC TRUST
Course: Autumn course in the repair and conservation of historic buildings. Each Thursday until November 27th. Fee: €684. Venue: Dublin Civic Trust Headquarters, 4 Castle Street, Dublin 2.
FULBRIGHT COMMISSION
Awards: Study environmental science and policy in the US. The Irish Fulbright Commission finances study, research, teach and other educational activities between Ireland and the US. For the 2004-'05 academic year there will be two awards in the environmental science/policy area: Fulbright/Environmental Protection Agency scholarship for postgraduate study/research and the Fulbright/Columbia University scholarship to study for a master of public administration in environmental science and policy open to people with three-to-five years postgraduate experience. Further details see: www.fulbright.ie
Exhibition: Beginnings in Africa organised by the Museum of Finnish Architecture. Running until November 28th, 2003. On display are the Women's Centre in Rufisque, Senegal by Saija Hollmen, Jenni Reuter and Helena Sandman, and five buildings by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen in Guinea; a health centre and the Villa Eila in Mali, village schools in Madina Kouta and Boundou Koura and the kahere Poultry Faming School in Kindia. The Architecture Centre, RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
IRISH LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE
Annual conference: The Irish Landscape Institute annual conference "sense of place and design in Europe", maintaining a unique identity in the urban and rural landscape. Venue: Chief O'Neill's Hotel, Smithfield, Dublin 7. Cost €150 non-members.
