Dates for your diary
NUI Galway Open Day
The NUI Galway Open Day will take place from 9am to 3pm on Thursday, October 9th. The day provides an ideal opportunity for anyone considering applying to NUI Galway to talk to staff and students. Visitors can view a full range of course-specific exhibition stands and avail of interactive taster sessions on a wide range of subjects. Tours of the campus will include the new sports complex and 25-metre pool. For further information, tel: 091-492814, e-mail: mary.coyle@nuigalway.ie or visit: www.nuigalway.ie/openday
Irish Times Art in the Classroom
The next edition of the primary school magazine Art in the Classroom will be published with The Irish Timeson Tuesday, October 21st. The magazine is aimed at six to 11 year-olds and will contain features on the pop artist Julian Opie and Halloween traditions. Schools that preorder a class set at the special rate for schools will also receive a special poster. For more information on ordering, e-mail: circulation@irish-times.ie or freephone 1800-798884
Irish Times/RTÉ Music in the Classroom
An additional concert has been added to the schedule of primary- school concerts and will take place in Dundalk IT on Tuesday, October 21st. All primary school concerts in Dublin, Limerick and Galway are fully booked.
There are still limited spaces for the Junior Cert concerts in Dublin's National Concert Hall on November 10th and 11th. For information on booking for any of these concerts, e-mail: mitc@irish-times.ie
UCD Quinn School of Business Secondary School Business Talks
UCD Quinn School of Business has teamed up with industry leaders to bring to secondary school students business as they have never seen it before. The next talk is the "Business of Gaming" with XBOX, Microsoft, on Thursday October 9th from 6.30pm at UCD Quinn School of Business, Belfield, Dublin. To read more and to register go to www.quinnschool.ie/businessoftalks
Lecture at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
"Globalisation, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society" is the title of a lecture by Prof Peter Jarvis on Friday, October 10th, at 6.30pm in lecture theatre LG9 at Mary Immaculate College. All are welcome and the lecture is free.
NAPD Annual Conference
The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals is holding its annual conference on Thursday, October 16th, and Friday 17th at Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny. tel: 01-6627025 or e-mail: info@napd.ie for further details.
UL Kemmy Business School Distinguished Lecture
The annual Kemmy Business School Distinguished Lecture will take place at UL at 7pm today. The lecture, entitled "On lame ducks, tigers and Irish luck: an historical perspective on recent Irish development", will be delivered by professor of history at NUI Galway Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh.The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
European Symposium at UCC
"Europe: International Power" is the title of a symposium organised by the Alliance Française de Cork with support from UCC's department of government tomorrow from 8.30am to 5.30pm in the Aula Maxima, UCC.
Guest speakers include Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin and Viscount Etienne Davignon, the Belgian minister of state and former vice-president of the European Commission. It is open to the public and admission is free. Contact: Marie McSweeney, UCC. Tel: 021-4902371. noticeboard@irish-times.ie
