History Lecture at Alexandra CollegeThe annual Ardilaun Lecture in History will take place today at 4pm in, Alexandra College, Dublin 6.
It will be given by Prof John Horne of Trinity College Dublin, who will speak on Democracy Under Pressure: Europe Between the Wars. This is a free public lecture and all are welcome. It will be of particular interest to students taking history for the Leaving Certificate.
For further information e-mail michaelarochfort@alexandracollege.ie
College Fair for Students with Disabilities
Ahead is hosting a one-day event on Thursday, December 10th from 11am to 3pm in the student centre, UCD, for students with a disability and/or specific learning difficulties who are considering their college options in 2010.
This event is free and all are welcome, including students, guidance counsellors, resource teachers, learning support tutors, and parents. For further information contact: Lorraine Gallagher, Ahead. Tel: 01- 7164396. E-mail: lorraine. gallagher@ahead.ie . Visit: ahead.ie
Cork Institute of Technology Mature Student Information Evening
Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) is holding a mature student information evening on Thursday, December 10th from 7pm to 9.30pm in IT3, Berkeley (Library) Building, Bishopstown Campus.
Those thinking about returning to education are invited to attend.²For more information contact Sinéad O’Neill, mature student officer. Tel: 021-4335109. E-mail: maturestudent@cit.ie
I NTO Discussion Evening
The INTO is holding a discussion evening on Thursday, December 10th at 6pm at the INTO Learning Centre, 38 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. The topic will be Human Rights and Equality in the Irish Recession and the speakers include Dr Maurice Manning, Susan McKay, Fergus Finlay and David Begg.
Seminar on Eastern Europe at the Glucksman
The Lewis Glucksman Memorial Symposium, entitled Language, Culture and the Press in Eastern Europe since 1989 by Prof Ruta Marcinkeviciene (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania), Prof Piotr Piotrowski (director, National Museum, Warsaw) and Dr Tomasz Kamusella (Trinity College Dublin) takes place on Thursday, December 10th from 7pm to 9pm in the JM Synge Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. This event is free of charge and all are welcome. For further details tel: 01- 8964221. E-mail: darcyjo@tcd.ie
Annual Boole Lecture in Informatics
Dr Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, will deliver the annual Boole Lecture in Informatics at UCC on Tuesday, December 15th at 8pm in Boole IV lecture theatre.
The lecture is titled The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data – How Billions of Trivial Data Points can Lead to Understanding. Admission is free and all are welcome.
For further information contact: Marie McSweeney, tel: 021- 4902371.
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