A round-up of education events
Lunchtime lecture in the Hunt Museum, Limerick
Limerick artist Anne Fitzgerald will give a lecture today at 1pm in the Hunt Museum. All welcome.
Volunteer Teaching in Uganda
Interested in volunteer teaching in Uganda for five weeks next summer? The Global Teachers' Programme is a programme for teachers and principals, centred on a five-week placement in a school in Uganda. For more information visit www.lcd.ie, e-mail: info@lcd.ie or tel: 01-2841414
CIT Open Day
The annual Cork Institute of Technology open day takes place on Saturday, November 22nd. The day is for students selecting higher education courses and planning their future careers. For more information e-mail: openday@cit.ie or visit www.cit.ie
NUI Galway's Science Cafe
A "science café" organised by NUI Galway's Environmental Change Institute, in association with the Galway One World Centre, will explore attitudes to the environment and climate change on Thursday, November 20th at 7.30pm at the King Head's Ruby Room on Quay Street, Galway. All welcome.
Early Childhood Education Seminar
The third seminar of the Centre for Social and Educational Research's Early Childhood Education and Care Policy series takes place today at 1.30pm in the DIT, Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1.
Piano Teachers' Workshop
EPTA Ireland (European Piano Teachers' Association), presents You are What you Hear - an introduction to improvisation for classical musicians who think they can't improvise with Izumi Kimura on Sunday November 23rd at Newpark Music Centre at 2.30pm. Non-members of EPTA are welcome. Tel: 01-2893701 or e-mail: gall@iol.ie
DIT Workshops on Computer Game Design for Second-level Students
The DIT School of Computing is hosting its annual series of one-day workshops on computer game design for second-level students on Saturday, November 22nd and Saturday, December 6th in DIT Aungier Street. Participation in the workshops is free (but space is limited) and all participants will receive lunch and a DIT T-shirt. Competitions will be held for XBOX 360s and loads of PlayStation 3 games on the day. Register online at http://www.comp.dit.ie/website07/register.php or contact Hugh McAtamney at hmcatamney@ comp.dit.ie or tel: 01-4023282
Information Sessions for Mature Students in TCD
Trinity College Dublin is holding a number of information sessions for mature students. Interested prospective students will be provided with information to help them make informed decisions about their future academic careers.
Information sessions will take place on the following dates and cover the following subjects: November 25th, 6pm in the Science Gallery(Studio1) Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy; November 25th, 6pm, Science Gallery (Studio 2) Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Sociology (PPES); December 16th, 1pm, Science Gallery (Studio 1) Maths/Theoretical Physics/ Engineering/Science; December 16th, 1pm, Science Gallery (Studio 2) Clinical Speech and Language Studies; December 16th, 1pm, Arts Block (2041A) Pharmacy; January 8th 2009, 6pm, Arts Block (2041A) Sociology and Social Policy/Social Studies (Social Work); January 13th 2009, noon, Arts Block (Room3051) Business and Languages; January 13th 2009, noon, Arts Block (Room 4047) English; January 15th, 2009, 6pm, Arts Block (Room 2041A) Medicine; January 15th, 2009, 6pm, Arts Block (Room 2041B) Psychology; January 20th, 200, noon, Arts Block (Room 3126) The TCD mature student application process; January 22nd, 6pm, Arts Block (Room 2041A) The application process.
Contact Clodagh Byrne, mature student officer Tel: 01-8961386 or visit www.tcd.ie/maturestudents
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