Other education news in brief
Anita Desai Lecture at TCD
Indian author Anita Desai will deliver the Hely-Hutchinson Memorial lecture in the Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublinthis evening at 6pm.The author will speak on multilingualism in her lecture, which is entitled Let Us Be Various. Admission free, no booking necessary.
Trinity College Dublin Readings
The Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing at TCD presents readings by writer Sebastian Barry, poet Douglas Dunn and author Jacqueline McCarrick this evening at 7.30pm in the Swift Theatre, The Arts Building. The cost is €5. For details e-mail: Oscar@tcd.ie
Trade Union Conference at National College of Ireland
The National College of Ireland has organised a conference on the future of trade unions, entitled Trade Unions in the 21st Century: Retreat or Renewal? from 9.15am to 1.15pm tomorrow in the college's IFSC campus. Contact Emma Kytzia on ekytzia@ncirl.ie or te: 01-4498652, or visit www.ncirl.ie for full details.
Work Placements for Students
The Higher Education Authority (HEA), the Irish national agency for the EU lifelong learning programme Erasmus is holding a seminar on work placements for students on Monday, April 14th the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks starting at 10am. For further details contact Mary Dunne at mdunne@hea.ie.
Conference on Herbal Science
The Department of Biological Sciences at Cork Institute of Technology, in association with the Irish Institute of Medicinal Herbalists, is hosting a conference on herbal science on April 18th and 19th in CIT. For details contact the Department of Biological Sciences at CIT. Tel: 021-4326 100. www.cit.ie
Early Childhood Education
The Irish branch of OMEP (the world organisation for early childhood education) is holding its annual conference, on the theme "Cherishing Childhood" on April 18th and April 19th in UCC. All welcome. Details and booking forms from omepireland@eircom.net or contact Dr Anna Ridgway, Department of Education UCC. Tel: 021-490 2259.
Hunt Museum Lunchtime Lecture
"Getting a Full Picture in Art by Regarding Kant" is the title to day's illustrated lecture by Dr Nora P Donnelly, lecturer in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Admission is free.
Trinity College Leaving Cert Maths Revision Classes
Revision classes for Ordinary Level Leaving Cert maths are being held at Trinity College on Saturday, April 12th and Saturday, April 19th. For further details contact Horst Punzet. Tel: 085-7305 963. E-mail: horstpunzet@mathsplus.ie Website: www.mathsplus.ie
Brain Based Learning
Language and the Reading Puzzle - some practical ways to help readers, is a talk by Prof Virginia Mann for the Irish Learning Support Association (www.ilsa.ie) on April 11th from 12.30pm to 2.30pm at Drumcondra Education Centre, Dublin. Admission free. E-mail john@neuron.ie or tel: 021-4554449 if you wish to attend.
Smurfit Open Evening
UCD Smurfit School is holding an open evening at the Blackrock Campus (Carysfort Avenue, Dublin) on Wednesday 16th April.
For those specifically interested in MBA programmes, there will be a timetable of presentations running from 4pm to 7.30pm.
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