The Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design & Technology is offering a part-time foundation course in visual education aimed at mature students. It covers a range of disciplines including drawing, print, video, photography and history of art and it takes place over three evenings a week with one full-time week per term. Students can get credits for monitored home study. For information, phone the head of continuing education at DLIADT, Noreen Daly at (01) 214 4600.