Postgraduate Study Fair, University of Limerick: The University of Limerick is hosting a postgraduate study fair tomorrow.
The event will take place in EGO 10 in the main campus building from noon to 3pm and is open to anyone interested in finding out about postgraduate programmes or research opportunities in UL and other Irish institutions. For more information, contact mary.sweeney@ul.ie.
The Schools' Prize in History
The University of Dublin, Trinity College Schools' Prize in History competition is now up and running for 2006. The competition is open to all full-time secondary students in Ireland and is judged in junior, middle and senior categories.
For an entry form and competition details see www.tcd.ie/Modern_History/Events or e-mail: Dr Howard Welch at historyprize@tcd.ie. The closing date for the competition is Wednesday, April 19th.
UCD Smurfit School Open Event
UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin is holding an open event on Monday, February 20th.
The event is aimed at people who are considering starting a career in business, changing direction or kick-starting their current career.
Registration is at 4pm and presentations start at 4.30pm and run through to 7.30pm. For more information see http://ucdbusiness.ucd.ie/openevent/
Informatics lecture at UCC
UCC's fourth annual lecture in informatics, A Very Mathematical Dilemma, will be given by Prof Alan Bundy, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh on Monday, February 20th at 8pm in Boole I Lecture Theatre. All are welcome and admission is free.
The UCC/ESBI WB Yeats Lecture
The Yeatsian Sequence Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen is the title of a lecture to be given by Prof Helen Vendler of Harvard University on Tuesday, February 21st at 3pm in Boole II Lecture Theatre. All are welcome.
Wanted: 100 letters from schools
Since opening day last September, children at the new Gorey Educate Together National School, Co Wexford, have been counting up to their "100th Day of School", which falls on Monday, February 20th.
Activities planned for the day include: solving 100 maths problems, completing 100 PE exercises, printing 100 pictures, building 100-piece constructions, and so on. The children also hope to receive 100 cards or postcards from other schools.
The school address is: Gorey Educate Together National School, Ballytegan Road, Gorey, Co Wexford.
Grants for physics communicators
Are you a great communicator? Are you passionate about physics? Do you have a fantastic idea for making physics accessible?
If you answered yes, then you may be interested in applying for a public engagement grant from the Institute of Physics. The grants are worth up to £1,000 (€1,456) and aim to support individuals and organisations organising physics-based outreach activities in the UK and Ireland throughout 2006.
The scheme is open to everyone; however projects must be able to demonstrate a wide appeal, rather than simply delivering the curriculum to schoolchildren.
Application forms and guidelines for the grant scheme are available online at http://physics.iop.org/IOP/grants.html or e-mail physics.society@iop.org
All applications should be received by noon on March 10th. Applicants wishing to discuss their ideas can contact Caitlin Watson, physics in society manager, for informal advice. Tel: 0044-20-74704814 or e-mail: caitlin.watson@iop.org.
Teachers might also be interested in the schools grant scheme run jointly by the Institute and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC). For further information, see http://teachingphysics.iop.org/teacher_support/schoolgrants/
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