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Schoolmag Competition Closing Date

The final day for receipt of entries for The Irish TimesSchool Mag competition is Friday, February 27th. Send all entries with a covering note giving your contact details, to School Mag Competition, The Irish Times, 24-28 Tara Street, Dublin 2 or e-mail: schoolmag@irishtimes.com

Archaeology Lecture at UCD

Prof Gabriel Cooney (UCD School of Archaeology) will present a lecture entitled “Death and the Ancestors in Irish Prehistory” tomorrow in the Newman Building, Lecture Theatre P, UCD at 5.30 pm. The lecture is part of the public lecture series “Death, Burial and the Afterlife”. All are welcome.

Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge (European Certificate in Irish)

Are you learning Irish or do you already speak Irish? Would you like to have a certificate to prove your ability in Irish? Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge is an examination system for adult learners of Irish that is linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (Council of Europe, 2001) run by the Language Centre at NUI Maynooth. Examinations are currently available at five levels from absolute beginners (A1) to advanced 1 (C1) and take place during April and May 2009 at NUI Maynooth and in other centres around the country. For further information, see www.teg.ie or call Aisling Ní Bheacháin at 01 7086417.

Seminars – Your School and the Law

The Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) presents the last two of a series of regional seminars entitled “Your School and The Law”. There is availability in Sligo and Dublin as follows: Saturday, March 21st at Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo and Saturday, March 28th in Dublin at the Green Isle Hotel.

These seminars will be of interest to all those involved in primary and second-level education, including teachers, principals, BoM members and parents. For further information and to register contact IPPN on 1890 21 22 23, see www.ippn.ie or e-mail: support@ippn.ie.

Education Lectures at WIT

The School of Education in Waterford IT is holding a set of public lectures on current debates in education. Tonight’s lecture – Some fries with that degree? – starts at 7.30pm in the main auditorium, WIT, Cork Rd Campus. The speaker is Prof Dennis Hayes author of The McDonaldization of Education. All are welcome.

Michael Smurfit School of Business Open Evening

UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business is holding an open evening at the Blackrock Campus, Carysfort Avenue tomorrow from 4pm to 7pm. For full details log on to: http://www.smurfitschool.ie/aboutsmurfit/eventscalendar/smurfitopenevening/

Special Educational Needs and the Law – Training Course

A one-day course on special educational needs and the law will be held at the Park Hotel, Mullingar, Co Westmeath on Saturday, February 28th. The speaker will be Mary Meaney, co-author of Special Educational Needs and the Law (Round Hall 2005). The course is open to primary and second-level teachers, members of boards of management, psychologists, health professionals, parents and representatives of relevant organisations. For further details tel: 087 9634832 or e-mail: schoolcoach@eircom.net.

Seamus Heaney Lecture Series, St Patricks College, Drumcondra

Globalisation and Identity: Reflections from the Irish Experience is the title of a lecture by Prof Richard Kearney, holder of the Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College on Monday, March 2nd at 8pm. The lecture is free of charge and open to all.

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