Socrates grants of up to £2,000 each are now available to teachers of French, German, Spanish and Italian, at second-level in particular, to enable them to spend two or three weeks on a course of professional training in other EU member states next summer.

Applications must be submitted by Monday, December 1st. Information and forms from Lingua Unit, Institiuid Teangeolaiochta Eireann, at 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2 - phone (01) 662 0446, fax (01) 676 5937.