THE Irish World Music Centre at the University of Limerick is offering three post-graduate courses in music and dance in the new academic year. The first is a graduate diploma in music education which is a one-year, full-time course aimed at graduates who want to teach music in secondary schools. Holders of the diploma will be able to teach at junior and senior cycle levels.
The second programme on offer is an MA in ethnochoreology under the direction of Dr Catherine Foley. This course covers the study of dance within its cultural context and incorporates anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies and education. This is the first time that Irish dance will be studied at post-graduate level.
The third course is an MA programme in ethnomusicology which will focus on international traditional music. The first programme of its kind in an Irish university, it involves the application of theoretical models developed in the social sciences to the study of music. The programme will be directed by Dr John Morgan O'Connell.
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The clubs offer a 14-week programme of job-seeking skills and they also give people access to computers and to a support network while on the job hunt. Job clubs are organised locally so making contact with the nearest NRB office would be the place to start. The NRB head office can be contacted at (01) 608 0400.
