SCHOOLS Norwegian International School: Meetings and school tour for parents and children interested in September intake. 175 Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po, Tuesday, 10am or 6pm session. Tel 2658 0341 or e-mail nis@hknet.com HIGHER and CONTINUING Motor City Emptiness: Urban Planning and Open Spaces in European Cities, 1960s-1980s: Research Seminars Series 2004. HKU Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management (CUPEM). Speaker Dr David Pomfret, HKU. Room 829 Knowles Building. Wednesday, 12.45pm-1.45pm. Tel 2859 1900 or e-mail cupem@hkusua.hku.hk Comparative Education: Traditions, Applications and the Role of HKU: Faculty of Education 20th Anniversary Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Speaker Professor Mark Bray, Dean of Education and Chair of Comparative Education. Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU, next Saturday, 3pm-4pm. Tel: 2859 2525, e- mail kwcheung@hkusua.hku.hk or view http://educ2.hku.hk/ {tilde}kwcheung Information Day for Certificate in Early Childhood Education Programme: (three-year FT) and Qualified Kindergarten Teacher Education Course (one-year FT): HKIEd Lecture Theatre D1-LP-04, Block D1, Tai Po Campus, next Saturday, 9.30am-1pm.Tel 2948 6177. Research Seminars Series 2004 - West Island and South Island Lines; Project Outline and External Benefits: HKU's CUPEM. Malcolm Gibson, MTRC; and Bill Barron, HKU. Theatre K223, 2/F, Knowles Building, HKU. Saturday, 10am-midday. Tel Norris Liu, 2859 1900. Pokfulam Training Centre Open Days: (1) Electrical Industry, and Machine Shop and Metal Working ITC (2) Hospitality Industry TDC and Chinese Cuisine TI. 145 Pokfulam Road, (1) Friday, 9.30pm-4pm. Tel 2551 8121 and (2) next Saturday, February 7, 9am-4pm, tel 2538 2200 or 2777. EXHIBITIONS Education UK Festival: organised by the British Council. More than 100 schools, colleges and universities represented, plus seminars on studying in the UK. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, February 7-8, 12pm-7pm. Visit www.birtishcouncil.org.hk/exhibition or call 2913 5155. LOOKING AHEAD Korean International School Education Forum: Dr Lorrain Hammond, author of When Bright Kids Fail, will lead workshops on dyslexia, reading and teens. KIS, Sai Wan Ho. February 11-13. $100 per session. Tel 2569 5500. Time for Action - Science Education for Responsible Citizenship: HKU Faculty of Education 20th Anniversary Lecture. Speaker Professor Derek Hodson. February 14, 2:30pm-3:30pm Theatre LG-06,Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU. In English. Call 2859 2781or e-mail edu20th@hku.hk . Regional Symposium and Seminar on Policy and Practice of Small Class Teaching in the East Asian Region: speakers include scholars and education officials from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Shanghai, Macau, Hong Kong. Council Chamber, HKIEd, Tai Po. February 18, 9.30am-5pm. Tel Clara Ma 2948 6398. Sharing Experiences with Local Educators: Lecture Theatre 315, Town Centre, HKIEd, Skyway House, 3 Sham Mong Road, Tai Kwok Tsui. February 19, 2pm-5pm. In English, Putonghua and Cantonese. To register tel Mandy Chan at 2948 6398. Send listings to Ian Watson, Education, South China Morning Post, 16/F, Somerset House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Road, Quarry Bay. Fax 2811 1048, e-mail thelist@scmp.com . Deadline is noon on Tuesday.
