Public Lecture at The Hunt Museum The People's Park – Limerick's Jewel in the Crownis the title of today's lecture by Denis Leonard of the Limerick Civic Trust at 1pm in the Hunt Museum, Limerick. Admission to the lecture is free.
Spring Art Studies lecture series at the National Gallery of Ireland
A series of talks on the theme "The World of Irish Art" takes place this spring. Lectures take place on Thursdays at 6.30pm in the Gallery Lecture Theatre until April 2nd. Tickets are €8.50. Purchase in advance from the Gallery Shop. Tel: 01-6633518 or e-mail: bookshop@ngi.ie
Computer Education Society of Ireland National Conference
The Computer Education Society of Ireland is holding its national conference in Tallaght, Co Dublin on Friday, February 13th at the Maldron Hotel and Saturday, February 14th at Coláiste de h-Íde. The conference will address ICT and learning through a series of presentations and workshops. See www.cesi.ie for details.
Ballyfermot College of Further Education Open Day
Ballyfermot College of Further Education's open day is on Friday, February 13th from 10am to 3pm. All are welcome. For further information see www.bcfe.ie
Seamus Heaney Lecture Series, St Patricks College, Drumcondra
Globalisation and Identity: Reflections from the Irish Experienceis the title of a lecture by Prof Peadar Kirby, Prof of International Politics at UL, on Monday, February 23rd at 8pm. All welcome.
UCC Public Lecture Series
Dr Eamon McKeog will give a talk entitled Energy infrastructure for the Futuretomorrow at 8pm in Boole 4 Lecture Theatre, UCC. Admission is free.
UL Postgraduate Study Fair The University of Limerick is holding a postgraduate study fair tomorrow in EGO 10 in the main campus building from noon to 3pm. Further information available on www.ul.ie/careers
Dyslexia In-Service Course for Teachers
This course, which is open to primary and second-level teachers, aims to provide a theoretical and practical understanding of dyslexia. It runs over four Saturdays – March 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th – from 10am to 4pm each Saturday at the D Hotel, Drogheda, Co Louth. The cost is €250 and pre-booking is essential. Information from the Dyslexia Association of Ireland.Tel: 01-6790276. E-mail: info@dyslexia.ie
Application forms can be downloaded from www.dyslexia.ie/teach.htm
GMIT Castlebar Heritage Season
Award-winning basket-maker Joe Hogan presents the second talk in the GMIT Heritage Season public lecture series, Nature and Tradition as Sources of Inspiration, a Talk on Baskets, in the GMIT Castlebar campus tomorrow at 8pm. All welcome.
Leadership Lecture Series at NCI
The National College of Ireland's free public leadership talks continues tomorrow from 1pm to 2pm with Danuta Gray, CEO of O2 Ireland. Admission is free but attendees must register online at www.ncirl.ie
Talk on Asperger’s Syndrome at Cluas, Tallaght
The theme of a talk and presentation at an open day at the Cluas centre in Tallaght, Co Dublin on Saturday, February 14th at 10am is "How Auditory Processing Impacts on Asperger's Syndrome." More details and directions to Cluas are available at the website www.cluas.ie Tel: 01-4940210 or e-mail: pascal@cluas.ie for further information. There is no charge for this talk.
CSPE Teachers’ Conference
Booker Prize winner Anne Enright will be the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the association of CSPE teachers. For more information see the news page of www.cspeteachers.ie or Tel: Phillip Irwin at 087-2844286 or 01-4933425. Places are still available and anyone with an interest is welcome.
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