New Website for Adult Learners of IrishAdult learners of Irish interested in having their competence in the language recognised by a national and European qualification should check out the new website, www.teg.ie, launched this week by the Language Centre, NUI Maynooth.
Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge (teg), which currently offers exams at five levels from Absolute Beginners to Advanced 1, is based on the Common European Framework for language learning. Contact: padraig.macgabhann@nuim.ie or 01-7086417.
Lecture at the Hunt Museum, Limerick
"A Tale of Two Cities - Growing up in Forties Limerick" is the title of a lunchtime lecture in The Hunt Museum today at 1 pm. Admission is free and all welcome
Cork Institute of Technology Information Morning
As part of the Lifelong Learning Festival, Cork Institute of Technology will host an information morning for prospective students for the EOD business studies programme today at 10.30am. Further information from CIT's access officer, Deirdre Creedon. Tel: 021-4326564
Teachers' Musical Society 2007 Production
The Teachers' Musical Society will present their 2007 production of Hot Mikado at The O'Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Denmark Street Dublin 1. The Hot Mikado opens this evening at 8pm and runs until March 31st. There is also a special family matinee performance on Saturday, MArch 31st at 2pm. Tickets are €18 for adults and €14 for children and are available from the booking line on 087-7866864.
UCC Lecture
UCC Faculty of Science presents a public lecture - Eugenics: From Social Policy to Race Cleansing Under the Third Reich by Michael Whelan tomorrow at 8pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre. Admission is free.
Junior Cert Geography Seminar
Cork Geography Teachers' Association is running a revision seminar for Junior Certificate geography students on Saturday, May 12th from 9.30am to 12.30pm in University College Cork (Boole 3). Tickets cost €10. Enquiries to Margaret Noél, Coláiste Chríost Rí, Capwell Rd, Cork.
Lecture Series at UCC
Hosted by UCC's College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, tomorrow Prof Alan Titley will talk on "Sean O'Faolain and the Queer Mind" in room G04, Brookfield Health and Sciences Complex. The lecture is open to the public and admission is free.
Warrenstown College of Horticulture Open Day
Warrenstown College of horticulture Drumree, Co Meath is holding an open day tomorrow from 10am to 1pm. All are welcome to see our college facilities, meet staff and students and explore course options. Tel: 01- 8259342 or visit www.warrenstowncollege.ie
European Piano Teachers' Association Lecture
On Sunday, April 1st , EPTA Ireland (European Piano Teachers' Association) presents a lecture by Isabelle O'Connell on "Student Piano Repertoire by Contemporary Irish Composers", followed by a masterclass with students playing Irish contemporary music. Venue: Royal Irish Academy of Music, Westland Row, Dublin 2. Time: 2.30pm. For bookings and further information contact EPTA at 01-2893701 or e-mail: gall@iol.ie
Cork Institute of Technology School of Mechanical and Process Engineering Exhibition
Cork Institute of Technology is holding its annual mechanical, manufacturing and biomedical engineering exhibition tomorrow, Thursday and Friday in the Courtyard, Student Centre, Bishopstown Campus, CIT. Some 160 stands will attend the exhibition, which has the theme "Engineering of Sports and Sports Medicine".
Admission is free. For more details and group bookings contact Sean F O'Leary. Tel: 021-4326213. E-mail: sean.foleary@cit.ie
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