PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Course: diploma in applied project management. Recommences in Dublin in October; Dublin and Cork in January, 2006.

Details: 01-6614677. Email: info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.

INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS IN IRELAND

CPD: disputes under new FIDIC - conditions of contract. October 24th and 25th. Clyde Road.

CPD: designing for safety in construction. October 26th. IEI, Clyde Road.

Course: project management - module two. October 26th-27th. 22 Clyde Road and UL Limerick.

CPD: construction contract awareness. October 27th-28th. IEI, Clyde Road.

Lecture: Heritage Society co-hosted with civil division, and structures and construction division - from stepping stones to cable-stay (some Irish bridges in fact, fantasy and folklore). Presented by Paul Duffy, chartered engineer, Galway County Council. October 24th, 8pm. Education Centre, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS (IPAV)

Seminars: independent advice on buying and selling a home. Today, October 20th, Imperial Hotel, South Mall, Cork, 6.45pm. November 2nd, Great Southern Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, 6.45pm. Tel: 01-6785685.

Meeting: national executive council. October 26th, 4.30pm. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685.

Seminar: members' professional development seminar. Topics: facilities management and Private Residential Tenancies Bill. Hilton Dublin Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2. October 25th, 7pm. The Imperial Hotel, South Mall, Cork city. November 3rd, 7pm. The Radisson Hotel, Galway. November 21st, 7pm.

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.

BRAY INSTITUTE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

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

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

Course: graphic design (BTEC higher national diploma), two-year course with degree progression.

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

SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT

Exhibition: Sculpture in Context 2005 at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 until October 28th. Weekdays: 9am-6pm. Sundays: 10am-6pm. Details: Ana Duncan, 087-6258258. Email: anaduncan@eircom.net or Felicity Gaffney at 01-8570909. Email: fgaffney@duchas.ie.

DUBLIN CIVIC TRUST

Seminar: Chris Wood, English Heritage, one-day seminar. November 25th. Cost: €160.

Seminar: structural repair of historic buildings by Ian Hume, conservation engineering consultant, former chief engineer at English Heritage. October 21st. Cost: €160.

THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS (IRISH BRANCH)

Joint conference: Irish and European branches on the future of arbitration, mediation and dispute resolution in Europe. October 21st-23rd. Distillery Building, 145/151 Church St, Dublin 7. Fee: €150 (members), €200 (non-members). Qualifies for CPD points.

SOCIETY OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS

Event: the next phase - high density, high risk, high rise. November 4th. Radisson SAS, St Helen's Hotel.

CPD: geotechnical assessments (face stability) for pits and quarries in the context of the proposed new health and safety regulations. Today, October 20th, 8pm. Lucan Spa Hotel. Details: Louise Ryan. Tel: 01-6765500.

IAVI

Seminar: Private Rented Tenancies Board. Speaker: Tom Dunne. Today, October 20th, 5.30pm. 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

Lunch: IAVI president's lunch. October 21st, 1pm. Speaker: Bill Rancic (winner of the US show The Apprentice). Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge. Lunch is booked out.

Seminar: money laundering and review of the profession. October 25th, 10am. Speakers: Marian Jennings (IAVI law agent), and Alan Cooke (IAVI CEO). Cahir House Hotel, Cahir.

Seminar: valuer's role in rent reviews. Speaker: David Gill. October 26th, 9am. 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

Convention: national association of Realtors (NAR) convention. From October 28th to November 1st in San Francisco. IAVI delegation will attend.

Tutorials: BSc course tutorials (first, second, third and fourth years). November 5th. DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin (King's Inn Street entrance).

Tutorials: residential and land agency course tutorials. November 5th. DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).

Seminar: the CPO claim. Speaker: Martin O'Donnell. November 9th at 10am, Ambassador Hotel, Cork.

Seminar: tax, pensions and the efficient acquisition of property. Speaker: Ned Gladney (AITI director OSK Tax). November 10th at 5.30pm. 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

IRISH ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE

Lecture: a few of my favourite things. Speaker: Shane O'Toole, curator of Irish Architecture Foundation. Today, October 20th, 1.15pm.

Lecture: drawing on the past, drawing out the future. Speaker: John Olley, School of Architecture, UCD. October 27th, 1.15pm. All lectures are free, open to the public and take place in the Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Details: Simon Lincoln. Tel: 01-6633046 or slincoln@iarc.ie.

ORGANIC CENTRE

Course: reedbed and wetland systems. October 29th.

Course: green building with Colin Bell. November 5th.

Course: green your business and home. November 19th. Bookings: 071-9854338 or email organiccentre@eircom.net.

Course: learn how to grow and make your own food. Free training course to be held on consecutive Thursdays from today, 10am-4pm. Details: Hans Wieland. Tel: 071-9854338 or email organiccentre@eircom.net.

Awards: Fulbright awards for study/research in the US. Applications for the Irish Fulbright Commission's annual awards programme for the 2006-07 academic year is open. Closing date: November 18th. Awards of €15,000 to €18,000 to graduate students to pursue postgraduate studies in the US, plus a number of post-doctoral scholar awards of up to €10,000 for one academic year. Details: www.fulbright.ie.

GREYSTONES HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT

Exhibition: draft drawings and draft environmental impact statement. Presbyterian Church Hall, Trafalgar Road, Greystones. October 21st, 10am-8pm and October 22nd, 10am-5pm. Admission: free. See www.greystonesharbour.ie.

Workshop: wildlife in suburbia with Dr Declan Doogue, Dublin Naturalists' Field Club. October 22nd, 2.15pm-4pm. Tickets: €5. Airfield, Dundrum, Dublin 14.

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