Education notices
UCD Graduate School of Business open evening
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business is holding an open evening today on Tuesday, November 17th from 4pm to 7pm on the Blackrock campus, Carysfort Avenue, Dublin. For full details visit www.smurfitschool.ie
Public lecture on the subject of Evil
Prof Terry Eagleton will give a public lecture on the subject of evil at 6pm today in IT Lecture Theatre 250 in NUI Galway. All welcome.
DIT Seminar on children’s rights
The Centre for Social and Educational Research (CSER) is hosting a seminar on Early Childhood Care and Education: Towards a Rights-Based Policy Approach in Ireland tomorrow at 2pm in DIT, Mountjoy Square. Admission is free. To register, contact cser@dit.ie
NUI Maynooth lecture on Germany
The Centre for the Study of Wider Europe at NUI Maynooth hosts a lecture by His Excellency Busso von Alvensleben, German Ambassador to Ireland, tomorrow from 5pm to 6.30pm in the John Hume Boardroom, North Campus, NUI Maynooth. The title of the talk is “Germanys Reaction to Global Challenges: the role of the Foreign Ministry”. All are welcome.
Special educational needs and the law
Special Educational Needs and the Law: a guide for schools will be held in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on Saturday, November 21st. Details from 087- 9634832 or by email from schoolcoach@eircom.net.
Cork Institute of Technology open day
CIT’s open day takes place on Saturday, November 21st at the Bishopstown campus. CIT Crawford College of Art and Design; CIT Cork School of Music and the National Maritime College of Ireland at Ringaskiddy will also be represented.
Email: openday@cit.ie. Web: cit.ie
Lecture on nuclear energy at Engineers Ireland
Dr Tom O’Flaherty, former chief executive of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland and Jim Barry, chief executive, NTR plc, will speaki on energy at 6.30pm on Thursday, November 19th at the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6380915. E-mail: p.dempsey@ ria.ie.
Website: www.ria.ie
Irish mathematics teachers conference
The annual conference of the Irish Mathematics Teachers Association will take place at St Patricks College, Drumcondra, Dublin on Friday, November 27th and Saturday November 28th.
UCC German Symposium
UCC’s German Department will host a symposium on the theme “Spotlight Germany: German-Irish Relations since 1989 at UCC on Friday, November 20th.
Students, German teachers, career guidance teachers and Leaving Cert students are invited to attend from 11am to 4.30pm in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex G04, College Road. Contact Dr Claire O’Reilly at Claire.oreilly@ucc.ie today to secure places.
Admission is free.
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