A wrap up of education news and notices
Open Days for Aspiring Jockeys
The Racing Academy & Centre of Education (R.A.C.E.) in Kildare is holding an open day today from
2 p.m. Students, parents and guidance counsellors are invited to find out more about the trainee jockey course.
The 10-month residential course is sponsored by FÁS and combines practical riding instruction and work placement with FETAC modules in racehorse care and exercise, stable and yard routine, IT, maths etc. Candidates must be between 15 and 18 years of age and be under nine stone in weight.
The closing date for applications is June 25th. For further information tel: (045) 522 468 or e-mail: dorothy.patterson@ racingacademy.ie
Public Lectures at UCC
The UCC/ESBI W.B. Yeats Lecture by Professor Roy Foster, Carroll Professor of Irish History, University of Oxford is titled "Philosophy and Passion: Yeats, Ireland and Europe" and will take place on Thursday, June 3rd at
4 p.m. in Boole II Lecture Theatre, UCC.
"Forty Years of Cosmic Background Radiation" by Dr Robert W. Wilson of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, as part of The President's Distinguished Guest Lecture Series, takes place on Thursday, June 3rd at 7 p.m. in the Boole III Lecture Theatre, UCC.
Further information from Marie McSweeney. Tel: (021) 490 2371.
Association of Teachers of English Summer School
The 2004 Association of Teachers of English Summer School will take place on Monday, June 14th and Tuesday, June 15th in the Dublin Writers' Museum in Parnell Square. Speakers include Hugo Hamilton, Alan Stanford and Robert Dunbar. Talks are free for ATE members and 10 for non-members. For membership forms, call the ATE line on: (074) 913 0911.
NUI Galway MBA
NUI Galway is inviting applications for its two-year part-time Executive MBA programme, which will commence in September 2004. The EMBA is a general management programme with a prime emphasis on strategic decision making.
The closing date for receipt of applications is June 11th and forms are available from the Postgraduate Admissions Office NUI, Galway. Tel: (091) 750437 or e-mail: fiona.bohan@nuigalway.ie. Website: www.nuigalway.ie
Irish Software Association Prize For Third-Level Students
The Irish Software Association (ISA) has announced its inaugural award for the most innovative and commercially viable software developed by a third-level student. Sponsored by Trinity Venture Capital, the winner will receive a 5,000 cash award and subsequent guidance from the firm in developing the business concept. Submissions are due in October 2004 and the winner will be announced in November. The ISA is asking the presidents of third-level institutions across the State to nominate two candidates from their institution for consideration. The ISA will be distributing detailed information to presidents and relevant department heads. For more information and to submit nominations contact Kathryn Raleigh, director of the ISA.
Tel: (01) 605 1569. E-mail: Kathryn.Raleigh@ibec.ie
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