Diary

IRISH AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS INSTITUTE: Tutorials: BSc course tutorials - first, second, third and fourth years. January 21st, DIT Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).

Tutorials:; residential and land agency course tutorials. January 21st, DIT Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).

Annual dinner: Northern Ireland region annual dinner. January 21st, Dunadry Hotel, Belfast.

Meeting: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: disability legislation relative to domestic and commercial buildings. Speaker: Billy Gillespie. January 24th, 7.30pm. Dunadry Hotel, Belfast.

Meeting: national council. January 26th, 2.30pm. 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

INSTITUTE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course: diploma in applied project management. Details: 01-6614677. Email: info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS IN IRELAND

CPDs: organisational skills for engineers. February 1st, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

CPD: designing for safety in construction. February 8th, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

CPD: project management - module one. February 9th and 10th, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

CPD: maintenance management for engineers. February 14th and 15th, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

CPD: project management - module one. Limerick. February 14th and 15th.

CPD: quantities and estimating. February 16th and 17th, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Course: chairing meetings. February 22nd, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

BRAY INSTITUTE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

Courses: furniture design (FETAC level two) one-year course.

Course: garden design (FETAC level two) one-year course.

Course:, graphic design, fashion design (FETAC level two), one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma, two-year degree progression. Details: 01-2866233.

SENIOR COLLEGE DÚN LAOGHAIRE

Courses: interior design, RHODEC, first year, mornings only. Landscape and garden design. BTEC degree progression. Auctioneering (IPAV). Details: 1800 2655343. Email: info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.

ORGANIC CENTRE

Courses: planting a small woodland with Steven Meyen (Teagasc). February 4th. Fee: €60.

Course: living willow structures with Greenmantle. March 4th and 5th. Fee: €160.

Course: gardening for wildlife with Miriam Crowly and Barbara McInerney. March 12th. Cost: €80.

Course: creating a wild flower area or meadow with EcoSeeds. April 8th. Fee: €80. All courses are from 10am to 5pm with lunch in the Grass Roof Cafe included. For information and bookings call 071-9854338 or email: organiccentre@eircom.net or visit www.theorganiccentre.ie.

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING

CPD: accessibility for the built environment. Workshop on accessibility and universal access guidelines for the built environment. Speaker: Eoin O'Herlihy (National Disability Authority) and PJ Hogan (Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind). January 27th, 9pm registration. CIF, Eastgate Avenue, Little Island, Co Cork. Cost: €85. Fee: €85. Email: Philip O'Sullivan at philip_osullivan@corkcity.ie.

INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS

Graduations: education awards ceremony to graduates of IPAV's certificate in auctioneering and estate agency course. January 20th: Cork Institute of Technology, 6pm. February 8th: Institute of Technology, Tallaght, 6pm. Details: info@ipav.ie.

Graduations: education awards ceremony of IPAV's certificate in auctioneering and estate agency course. January 20th: Cork Institute of Technology, 6pm. February 8th: Institute of Technology, Tallaght, 6pm. Contact: info@ipav.ie.

Lectures: series of lectures in fine and decorative arts. Starts February 1st. Series of eight lectures exclusively available to graduates of IPAV's fine and decorative arts courses. Lectures: Wednesday evenings at IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Contact: 01-6785685.

Course: fine and decorative art certificate course commences February 7th. Subjects include the histories of furniture, painting, architecture and interiors, silver and glass. Also covered are Oriental rugs, costume, public sculpture and ceramics. Lectures held two evenings per week at IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Contact: 01-6785685 or visit www.ipav.ie.

GARDEN & LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION

Seminar: annual seminar. Landscape polygamy: marrying the client, the site and the designer. February 11th. Clinton Auditorium, University College, Dublin. Contact: GLDA office, 73 Deerpark Road, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin. Tel. 01 2781824 or email: info@glda.ie or visit www.glda.ie.

CORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Awards: annual prize giving ceremony. January 23rd. Prizes will be awarded across a range of engineering and construction programmes to outstanding students.

UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK

Course: University of Limerick, Department of Lifelong Learning and outreach property investment course - location, location, location. An eight-week course commencing February 14th until April 4th, 7.30pm to 9.30pm every Tuesday night. Course director: Mary FitzGerald. Further information or to book a place contact 061-202530/202047. Email: lifelonglearning@ul.ie or visit www.ul.ie/dllo.

SOCIETY OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS

CPD: Health and Safety Act 2005: the effects for surveyors. Today at 6.30pm. Gandon Suite South, Davenport Hotel, Merrion Square. Details: Louise Ryan at 01-6765500 or www.scs.ie.

Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;