NUI Maynooth, the Kilkenny Education Centre and the Irish Association of Pastoral Care in Education are in the throes of planning a year long part-time certificate in school pastoral care.
This course would be suitable for those in significant pastoral-care roles, such as year heads, guidance counsellors and co-ordinators of social, personal and health education. It is scheduled to begin in mid-October and will be held in Kilkenny. For further information contact Kilkenny Education Centre (tel: (056) 70087).
Staying in Kilkenny, NUI Maynooth offers a number of courses at an outreach centre in St Kieran's College.
Courses available include a BA in local and community studies, a certificate in training (special needs), a higher diploma in application of higher technology in schools and most recently, a new course in community and youth work.
OLDER people living in the Blanchardstown, Co Dublin, area who are curious about the Internet can find satisfaction at the Blanchardstown Library in the Roselawn Shopping Centre this Friday, May 7th, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
A group of student volunteers will be on hand to explain and guide older people on to the information superhighway. If you can't make it this week, the students will be back each Friday until May 28th.
