Open Days at Race for Aspiring Jockeys:The Racing Academy and Centre of Education (Race) in Kildare is holding open days tomorrow and on Tuesday, May 26th – starting at 2pm.
Candidates must be between 15 and 18 years of age and be under nine stone in weight for the trainee jockey course. Further information from enquiries@racingacademy.ie or tel: 045-522468.
UCD UniLife Summer School
UCD will host a subject-specific summer school from June 8th to 11th. Students can attend real lectures and tutorials, given by some of UCD’s academic staff. Students will also learn about further study and career opportunities after undergraduate studies, and out how UCD graduates succeeded in the real world. For more information, and to apply, visit www.myucd.ie.
Music and Medicine conference at UL
“Music and Medicine” is the topic of a one-day conference hosted by the Irish World Academy in association with the Graduate Medical School, University of Limerick on Saturday, June 6th. For a brochure, e-mail: ellen.byrne@ul.ie. To register go to www.iamm-registration.com. Further information at www.international associationformusicandmedicine.com
UCC Public Forum for World Digestive Health Day
Irritable Bowel Syndrome – easing the symptoms” is the title of a forum on Tuesday, May 26th 7pm in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Lecture Theatre G01, College Road, University College Cork. All are welcome and admission is free.
Chance For Students to Meet and Astrophysicist at UCD
Transition Year, fifth- and sixth-year secondary school students are invited to meet an astrophysicist at UCD to hear a tale of extra-terrestrials, time travel and telescopes. Dr Andrew Newsam from Liverpool John Moores University will give a talk in UCD on Wednesday, June 10 from 11am to 12.30am. . Admission is free but pre-booking is essential. For further information visit www.ucd.ie/science or e-mail: orla.donoghue@ucd.ie
Bologna Expert Colloquium
The HEA and the NQAI are co-hosting a Bologna Expert Colloquium on “The Bologna Process and Employability” on Thursday, May 21st at the Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin. The colloquium is primarily aimed at employers, trade unions, professional bodies, higher education personnel, students and government agencies. Registration: e-mail Graham Barry at gbarry@hea.ie before Friday May 15th.
National College of Ireland Open Evening
National College of Ireland is holding an open evening for part-time programmes tomorrow from 5pm to 6.30pm at the IFSC campus. Representatives from the schools of business, computing and community studies will be available to discuss courses that are enrolling now to commence in September. Register to attend at www.ncirl.ie or contact Emily Barry for details – emily.barry@ncirl.ie or 01 659 9229.
Seamus Heaney Lectures Book Launch
The launch, by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, of The Fire i’ the Flint: Essays on the creative imagination will take place on Monday, May 25th at 6.30pm at the Unitarian Church, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. The book is based on the third series on Seamus Heaney lectures delivered at St Patrick’s College. The support of Seamus Heaney for the arts in education will be acknowledged on the night. For more information contact: info@fourcourtspress.ie
Sample Science Days at Limerick IT Limerick IT is holding two days of lectures, activities, labs and workshops to showcase options in science to fifth-year secondary school students. The last part of the second day features a careers seminar, featuring a number of Limerick IT graduates. More details and application form at http://www.lit.ie/departments/science/sciencesummersampledays.pdf
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