A guide to upcoming education events
Postgraduate Open Evening - Faculty of Engineering and Computing, DCU
The Faculty of Engineering and Computing at DCU is holding a postgraduate open evening from 6pm to 8.30pm today. All are welcome to attend the event in the Research and Engineering Building. Staff, researchers and current postgraduate students will be on hand to discuss the taught programmes and research opportunities offered by the three schools in the faculty: school of computing; school of electronic engineering; and school of mechanical and manufacturing engineering.
Presentations and tours of the facilities will take place at 6.30pm and 7.30pm. There will also be a display of research activity in the faculty. For more information tel: 01- 7008608/7007641 or see www.dcu.ie/engineering_and_ computing/openevening
Visitors' Day at St Kilian's German School, Dublin
St Kilian's German School, Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 is holding a visitors' day on Thursday, April 28th, from 2pm to 5pm for both the kindergarten school and the primary school. For further information tel: 01-2883323/4. E-mail admin@kilians.com or see www.kilians.com.
National Seminar on Irish-medium Teaching Resources
A seminar on Irish post-primary school textbooks and teaching resources will be held in the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, Galway on April 29th and 30th.
Organised by Dublin-based publishers, An Gúm, the seminar will seek to identify textbook- related difficulties in Gaeltacht and all-Irish schools and agree a framework for tackling the crucial issues. There will be contributions from Seosamh Mac Donnacha of NUIG and Welsh language educationalist Dr John P Lloyd. Teachers are advised to register in advance. For further information, or to register, tel: 091-505753 or 086-3905630. E-mail: seiminear@eircom.net
Workshops for Primary Principals
Leading in a Culture of Change is the title of a series of three one-day workshops facilitated by Prof Michael Fullan in association with the Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN). The workshops are for principals, deputy principals and others in educational leadership roles. Venues: Springfort Hall, Mallow - May 9th; Corrib Great Southern, Galway - May 10th and Castleknock Hotel, Dublin - May 12th. The fee for each workshop is €150. It includes leadership workbook, lunch and refreshments.
For further details and application form, contact Lo-call 1890-212223 or info@ippn.ie
Family Literacy Event
Stories, Storysacks, and Family Literacy is a family literacy event with Neil Griffiths, the creator of Storysacks, to be held on Wednesday May 4th at The Gresham Hotel, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1. This event aims to show how Storysacks can help adults to improve their literacy levels and to take a full part in family life. A Storysack is a cloth bag, containing books, dolls and other props, that makes literacy development an enjoyable experience for all the family. Storysacks can be bought, but are more effective if they are made by the community of learners and practitioners who use them. This event will provide the skills and encouragement to start this process across Ireland. For more information contact the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA). Tel: 01-8554332. E-mail: literacy@nala.ie
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