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There is no charge for this course but enrolment
is required. For enrolment and further details,
please contact Sarah Alyn Stacey, email:
phone: 01 896 2686. For
dates, times and venue please consult the
French departmental website:
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Rocks, Resources, Risks
A series of twelve free public lectures for a general
audience on geological raw materials and
geological hazards in an Irish context.
25 September – Building stone: the changing
face of Dublin (Patrick Wyse Jackson)
2 October – Quarrying: extraction for
construction (Ian Sanders)
9 October – Pyrite: an expansive legacy?
(Robbie Goodhue)
16 October – Earthquakes: natural and
man-made (Chris Nicholas)
23 October – Tsunamis: wild wave power in
Ireland? (Robin Edwards)
30 October – Radioactivity: blight or benefit?
(Balz Kamber)
6 November – Radon: roots, risks and
remediation (Quentin Crowley)
13 November – Groundwater: on managing a
liquid asset (Catherine Coxon)
20 November – Metals: 3,500 years of mining in
Ireland (George Sevastopulo)
27 November – Fossil fuels: Ireland’s coal,
oil and natural gas (Geoff Clayton)
4 December – Fracking: fact and friction
(David Chew)
11 December – Volcanoes: ash, aerosols and
our airspace (Emma Tomlinson)
Date, time and place
Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m., starting Tuesday,
25 September 2012 in room 4, Museum
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. In addition a
one-day practical workshop on rocks, minerals
and fossils will take place in the Museum
Building on a Saturday during November. A fee
will be charged for attending the workshop.
How to apply
Just turn up on the evening. Directions to the
venue and any late changes to the programme
will be posted on the website:
Register for the workshop at any of
the preceding lectures or by email to
Irish Sign Language (ISL) for
Beginners
This course introduces learners to ISL and
delivers a curriculum that is aligned to the
Common European Framework of Reference
for Languages (CEFR). The aim is to bring
students to level A2 receptive skills and A1
productive skills which allows for engagement in
basic conversation with Deaf people. This
course also introduces students to Deaf culture.
It does not provide any examination or FETAC
qualification.
How to apply
Application forms are available on-line from our
website:
by request
via email:
or by phoning
01 896 4370.
Forms to be returned before Friday, 7
September 2012.