University College Cork Lecture SeriesThe UCC faculty of science public lecture series to mark Cork European Capital of Culture 2005 continues with Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Evolution from Cosmos to Culture by Prof David McConnell of the department of genetics, TCD, tomorrow at 8pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre, UCC. Admission is free.
UCC/ESBI WB Yeats Lecture
Yeats the Love-Poet is the title of a lecture by Bernard O'Donoghue, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford to be held on Friday March 18th at 2.30pm in Boole Lecture Theatre 2, University College Cork . Admissison is free and all are welcome.
Stillorgan College of Further Education Open Day
Stillorgan College of Further Education is holding an open day on Tuesday, March 22nd from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Visitors will have an opportunity to talk to staff about the courses on offer, as well as to see the college's facilities. The courses on offer at the College include journalism, moving images, media, travel and tourism, photography, art and computers. All are welcome. Further information is available at www.stillorgancollege.ie or tel: 01-2880704. E-mail: admissions@stillorgancollege.ie.
Postgraduate Programmes in Irish
Applications are welcome for the following postgraduate programmes - MSc/Dioplóma do Chéimithe i nGnó & i dTeicneolaíocht an Eolais and the Teastas/Dioplóma Iarchéime/MA sa Chleachtas Dátheangach. These programmes will benefit those working in a professional business or Irish language environment.
For further information contact: www.dcu.ie/fiontar or tel: 01-7005614.
Wet Lab seminar at DCU
The National Institute of Cellular Biotechnology (NICB) at Dublin City University is hosting a Wet Lab course and seminar series. The wet lab course, which is being held in Europe for the first time, will involve a hands-on technical application of siRNA and will provide a critical update on the latest developments in the field of RNAi, siRNA and microRNA.
Those interested in attending the course can e-mail: eurotech@ambion.com
Additional information from Dr Patrick Gammell, tel: 01-7005796, or Eileen Colgan, tel: 01-7005656.
Royal Irish Academy Oxygen Event
An evening of music, theatre history, science and ethical debate in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin from 6pm on Thursday, April 24th will also feature the screening of a play which explores the discovery of oxygen. Admission is free. For inquiries or to book your place tel: 01-6762570.
World Voice Day
A practical voice workshop for teachers is being organised by speech and language therapists from the Mater Hospital, Dublin, on World Voice Day - April 16th.The focus will be on awareness and prevention of voice problems with input from a speech and language therapists, voice teacher and an Alexander Technique teacher. The The venue is the Institute for Cancer Research and Post-Graduate Medical Centre, 48 Eccles Street, Dublin 7. For further information contact Patricia Gillivan-Murphy. E-mail: pgmurphy@mater.ie. Tel: 01-8034105.
