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The Irish Times School Mag – Deadline Alert

The Irish TimesSchool Mag competition deadline is fast approaching. All entries should be sent to School Mag Competition, The Irish Times, 24-28 Tara Street, Dublin 2 before 5pm this Friday, February 26th. See irishtimesschoolmag.ie.

Mackey Lectures at TCD

“Libraries, Readers and Bibliographers” is the title of a talk by Prof David McKitterick, Trinity College, Cambridge at 5.30pm tomorrow at Dr Steevens’s Hospital, Dublin. On Thursday, February 25th from 7pm to 8.30pm Dr W J McCormack will give a lecture – “Scholarship and Sacrifice: Can we Bank on a Humanistic Future?” – in the Robert Emmet Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, TCD. For further details tel: 01-8964221.

Computer Science Open Evening at UCD

The UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics is hosting an open evening for fifth- and sixth-year secondary school students and their parents this evening from 6pm to 7.30pm. See ucd.ie/science for details.

Dyslexia Courses

The Dyslexia Association of Ireland (DAI) is organising an evening course for parents on dyslexia in the Mercer Hotel, Dublin. The course will take place over two nights – tomorrow and Wednesday, March 3rd. An evening course for third-year secondary students on exam preparation and study skills for the Junior Certificate will take place on Wednesday, March 3rd. See dyslexia.ie.

“Rise of Islam” Seminar at NUI Maynooth

The Centre for the Study of Wider Europe at NUI Maynooth presents a seminar by Dr Galina Yemilianova of the University of Birmingham on “The Rise of Islam and Islamism in Eurasia” in the John Hume Boardroom, North Campus, tomorrow from 6pm to 8pm. All are welcome. See widereurope.ie.

Cavan Institute Information Day

Cavan Institute, Cathedral Road, is holding its information day on Thursday, February 25th from 10am to 5pm. An information evening will also take place tomorrow from 5pm to 8pm. See: cavaninstitute.ie.

Education Conference at NUI Galway

An education conference at NUI Galway on Saturday, February 27th, will focus on content and language integrated learning, an emerging method of teaching languages. It will be of specific interest to teachers of Irish at second-level. See: conference.ie.

NUI Galway Public Lecture

The public lecture series by NUI Galway’s School of Humanities continues tomorrow in the Galway City Museum at 7.30pm. The free lecture by Prof Paul Crowther will pose the philosophical question “What is it to be free?”. All welcome. Tel: 091-495689.

IT Tallaght Free Business Programme

Synergy Centre, the business incubator space at IT Tallaght, is accepting applications for a free one-year intensive business programme. The deadline for applications is February 26th. Apply at synergycentre.ie.

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