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1 AccountancySchool.ie w h e r e y o u c o u n t WE ARE MOVING AccountancySchool.ie (formerly Independent College Dublin) is moving from Dawson Street to the CCT Education Building on Westmoreland Street from July

2 We Listened Our New Location From July 2015 AccountancySchool.ie (formerly Independent College Dublin) will be running courses from the CCT Education Building on Westmoreland Street. The CCT Education Building is located at Westmoreland St. between the two most famous Dublin city streets: O Connell St. and Grafton St. Westmoreland St. is situated right in the heart of Dublin s city centre, and serviced by all public transport modes including Dublin s bus, rail and tram systems. CCT provides one of the premier educational and training facilities in Ireland. The College is next door to the world renowned Westin Hotel. DUBLIN AccountancySchool.ie AccountancySchool.ie, Independent College Dublin, Westmoreland St., Dublin 2 Introduction to AccountancySchool.ie formerly Independent College Dublin The Accountancy School at Independent College Dublin was established in 2007 by INM plc. The School quickly established itself as a centre of excellence for the education of Accountants, both trainees and qualified. The School has been awarded ACCA Platinum approval and is a CIMA listed Educator as well as having CPA Gold Star Educator status. Since 2007 the College has met the strict requirements of ACCA to be continuously recognised as an ACCA Platinum approved college. The School has achieved over 123 placings in Ireland over the last 12 examination sittings including 4 first in the World prize winners. The ACCA Platinum award requires the college to meet stringent criteria with regards to: Pass rates Our Name Quality of lecturers In 2014 we changed our name to AccountancySchool.ie from Independent College Dublin. As our existing name is well established with Professional Accountancy Students we will be trading as AccountancySchool.ie (formerly Independent College Dublin) for the next few sittings. Quality of material provided to students Although now changing its name to AccountancySchool.ie the existing lecturing team will be staying in place to ensure we continue to provide the highest standard of education that our professional accountancy students have come to expect. Contact Us Programme Coordinator Monique Johansson E: [email protected] T: CIMA Programme Coordinator Lorraine Healy E: [email protected] T: General administration and other support If you would like to speak directly to one of our Heads of School about a course, please feel free to contact: Liam Doran E: [email protected] T: Dave O Donoghue E: [email protected] E: As of 1st of July our new contact is The Accountancy School at Independent Colleges is now AccountancySchool.ie The Accountancy School at Independent Colleges is now AccountancySchool.ie

3 Our Lecturing Team Remains The Same Dave O Donoghue Liam Doran FCCA, FCPA, MBS (Finance) Michael Donnelly FCCA Michelle Hourican FCCA, MSc FCCA, MSc, DipIFR Dave is the Managing Director of AccountancySchool.ie where he lecturers at all levels of Auditing and Financial Reporting. Dave is currently a member of ACCA Ireland committee and he is also a Director of Chartered Grind School which prepares students to sit the exams of ACA Ireland. He spent a number of years working in Industry and Practice before he moved into full time education. Dave has been lecturing to professional accountancy students since 1996 and is recognised as being at the forefront of lecturing to Professional Accountancy students in Ireland. He has earned an exceptional reputation with accountancy students for his diligence and commitment to assisting them in passing their ACCA exams. He has lectured students placed first in the World in F7 and a number who were placed 2nd in F7 and F8. He has had numerous students who have been placed at national and international levels in F7, F8 and P7. Dave is a Fellow of ACCA and holds a Masters in Accountancy. He was previously the Course Director of Professional Accountancy at Griffith College. Sandra Gleeson FCCA, DipIFR, IATI Sandra is a Senior Lecturer with AccountancySchool.ie and specialises in Tax, Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. She has lectured to ACCA, CPA, IATI, CIMA and ACA students since Sandra has an exam focused teaching approach and an ability to simplify the more difficult areas of the subject. Michael Barry ND(BS), ACMA, MSc(Finance), AMCT, CGMA Michael has over 21 years of international lecturing experience, at both professional and academic levels. He joined BPP Ireland in 2003 after returning from a seven year project in South-East Asia. Michael become a welcome addition to the professional team at AccountancySchool.ie in January Michael brings a wealth of experience to classroom delivery producing exceptional pass rates and world prize winners. As both a Chartered Management Accountant and Treasurer, Michael specialises in Advanced Financial Management and Management Accounting across a range of professional programmes. Michael is a former World Prize-Winner with experience in both Airline and Software Engineering Sectors. He has been a member of many Professional and Academic Boards with various institutions and designed Professional Development programmes for finance staff of listed companies in both Asia and Europe. Liam is a Director of AccountancySchool.ie. He was previously a senior lecturer with Griffith College specialising in the areas of Financial Accounting and Financial Management for ACCA, CPA, CIMA and ACA. He is an immensely confident and popular lecturer. Shane O Grady BSc Shane is a full-time Senior Lecturer with AccountancySchool.ie in the areas of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Strategy. Prior to joining Independent Colleges, Shane was a member of the Enterprise Risk Services team in Deloitte. Shane has lectured on ACA, ACCA, CPA and IATI courses for the past number of years and he has developed an outstanding reputation due in no small part to his approachability and focus on examinations. Michael Bristow BSc (Mgmt), FCCA, DipIFR Michael is a Senior Lecturer in the area of Management Accounting and Performance Management. He has extensive experience in the area of Management Accounting and decision making. He has lectured on both ACCA and CPA courses and worked in both senior Management Accounting and Analyst roles. Michael is an ACCA qualified lecturer and received a number of placings during the course of his own examinations including a 1st in the world in Advanced Performance Management. Anne Kehoe FCCA, MSc (Finance), Dip IFR Anne is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and is a full-time Lecturer with Independent Colleges. Anne gained a wealth of experience working in financial services and industry before joining academia. She has delivered lectures for a wide array of accounting bodies including ACCA, CIMA and CPA specialising in Financial Accounting and Financial Management. Anne consistently achieves high pass rates and has had numerous 1st placed prizewinning students. Michael Donnelly has been lecturing accountancy students since 1998 on ACCA and other accounting course. Michael has also lectured for state bodies and other training firms. He has acted in positions of financial controller and director in retail, construction and property development companies since Graham Crowley BSc Graham currently works as a Senior Commercial Accountant with the Musgrave Group. He has held a number of Management Accounting, Financial Accounting and Financial Analysis roles within Musgrave. Prior to joining Musgrave he worked as an Analyst with Fidelity Investments in Boston, USA. Graham completed his CIMA exams in 2007 and received a number of placing during the course of his own exams including two 1st places, two 2nd places and three 3rd places in Ireland. He has been lecturing in both CPA and ACCA subjects since Sean McLoughney Sean McLoughney, founder of LearningCurve, is a sought after learning and development specialist, author and speaker. Recently he reached a new milestone of 12 years in business and has helped over professionals at every level to improve their performance. In addition to his work with LearningCurve Sean is a senior lecturer (F1- Accountant in Business ACCA) as well as a senior lecturer for IPASS. He also wrote, designed and delivers the highly successful Diploma in Managing People for the Chartered Accountants Ireland. Sean is an internationally published author. His first book Slave to the Clock, Master of Time helps you to improve your time management skills. Slave to a Job, Master of your Career is his second book and it outlines how people can plan and progress their careers, even in these challenging times. Sean s third book, Meaningful Performance Reviews, is published by Chartered Accountants Ireland. Veronica McInerney LLB, PhD (Candidate) BL Michelle is a daytime lecturer with Independent Colleges specialising in Business Strategy and Financial Management. Michelle has worked with a diverse range of clients from multi-national firms to the public sector. She has experience in the areas of Strategic Planning and Implementation, Business Process, Re-design, Change Management and IT. She is a member of the ACCA Leinster Network and has presented CPD lectures. She has had the privilege of presenting an intensive ACCA revision course to final year students in three locations in China. Deirdre McCooey BComm, DPA, FCA Deirdre is a Chartered Accountant, having trained with PWC. She has considerable experience working in the financial services industry and worked as Vice President in the financial control department of a global bank. Deirdre holds a BComm degree from UCD and a Diploma in Professional Accounting from the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. She has lectured to students at Independent Colleges Business faculty and is currently a daytime lecturer for F1. Aidan Harty BComm HDip Computer Science, ACCA Aidan works as a financial accountant in Cork having previously worked in practice and in the Banking Industry. He is an ACCA qualified lecturer and has previously achieved a number of prizes during the course of his own studies including 1st place in the world in paper 3.2 Advanced Taxation. Paul Russell BA, FFA, ATT, FFTA Paul lectures extensively throughout Europe across a range of professional qualifications. His results are exceptional and he has a habit of producing prizewinners, and very high class pass rates. Harnessing over 25 years of financial experience in industry and public practice, Paul is known for his keen interest in his students and for his approachability both in, and outside, his classes. Paul engages with his students at all levels and interacts extensively with his classes, whilst placing a real exam focus at the core of everything he does. With several recent World 1st placings in professional exams, Paul s innovative approach is tried and tested and his commitment to helping students reach their potential is unparalleled. Veronica graduated from the University of Limerick with an LL.B (Hons) Degree. Having successfully completed all eight FE1 entrance examinations, Veronica pursued her studies at the Bar and qualified from the Barrister at Law Degree programme at the Honorable Society of the King s Inns. Veronica is currently a Ph.d candidate at the University of Limerick (UL) where her research focuses on the law governing Assisted Reproductive Technology in Ireland. Veronica formerly tutored at the Law School at UL and also lectures EU Law on the College s LL.B degree programme and Research Methods on the College s MA in Dispute Resolution. Veronica teaches ACCA F4 Corporate and Business Law. The Accountancy School at Independent Colleges is now AccountancySchool.ie The Accountancy School at Independent Colleges is now AccountancySchool.ie

4 Facilities Up Coming Courses Facilities in the CCT Education Building The Classroom at the new college will be of the highest quality. They will be smaller than the classroom at Dawson Street resulting in you getting more attention from the lecturers. A College Library and other study facilities will be available to all our students. To view information on all our courses please visit our website Revision Courses ACCA: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants June Exams Revision courses taking place in May 2015 September Exams Revision courses taking place in August 2015 Please check our website to view our timetables. Fees for revision only courses F1- F3 199 F4- F9 315 P1-P7 375 CIMA: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Full courses commencing: 20th April 2015 Revision courses: May 2015 DipIFR Course Commencing: 15th May 2015 (December 2015 exams) The Diploma in International Financial Reporting (Dip IFR) is designed to develop your knowledge of IFRS. It provides an understanding of the concepts and principles which underpin them and their application in the international marketplace. This qualification is intended for professional accountants and auditors, working in practice and industry, who are qualified in accordance with SSAPs and FRSs and who have identified that an understanding of IFRS would enhance their qualifications to date. Campus Facilities and Resources CCT is ideally located in the very heart of Dublin city Centre s Westmoreland St. and provides one of the premier educational and training facilities in Ireland. The CCT premises is situated on all public transport routes. Below is the list of some of the facilities available: State of the art learning and teaching resources Five floors of learning space Ideal city-centre location Large break out lounge for students, dinning area, student kitchen and internet lobby area Starbucks Coffee House on Campus State of the art Wifi Wheelchair accessible with 5 disabled toilets and 2 lifts within the building Corporate training suite Library and Study space We are hosting a Fact and Fiction ACCA seminar Tuesday 21st July 2015 at 6:00pm ACCA are making a number of changes to their examination system over the coming years, including moving to 4 exam sittings per annum. AccountancySchiool.ie will deliver a seminar in conjunction with ACCA on the changes that will be introduced over the coming years in order to help you plan your studies. Presenters: Stephen Noonan, Marketing and Communications Manager at ACCA Dave O Donoghue FCCA. Managing Director of AccountancySchool. ie (formerly Accountancy School at Independent College Dublin) Location: CCT Education Building, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2 Please [email protected] to reserve a place. Special Offers for Revision Courses (June Exams) We are offering a 33% discount on bookings from 20th April for the May Revision courses. T&Cs Apply Please [email protected] Please note that certain subjects are already fully booked and details of the subjects that the offer applies to are available from the college. The Accountancy School at Independent Colleges is now AccountancySchool.ie The Accountancy School at Independent Colleges is now AccountancySchool.ie

5 Prizewinners List Exam Sitting First Name Surname Paper Irish placing 2014 June Stephanie Baor F5 1st 2014 June Tara Linehan F5 3rd 2014 June Kate Newman F7, F8 and F9 3rd 2014 June Maire McDevitt P4 3rd 2014 June Gareth Murphy P7 2nd 2014 June Caoimhe Finn Top Affiliate 1st 2014 June Louise Hannigan Paper P5 and Top Affiliate 2014 June Sinead Buckley Top Affiliate 3rd 2013 December Rachael Jones F4 2nd 2013 December Stefanie Baor F8 1st 2013 December Brian Murphy P3 3rd 2013 December John Casey Chrysostomou P4 1st 2013 December Tim Briden P4 2nd 2013 December Tim Dalton P4 Joint 3rd 2013 December Donal Harnett P4 Joint 3rd 2013 December John Casey Chrysostomou P5 Joint 1st 2013 December Caoimhe Finn P5 2nd 2013 December Melanie Jolliffe 1st in P6, Top Affiliation in Ireland and overall 3rd Affiliation in the world 2013 June Orla Bolger F5 1st 2013 June Sylwia Domiter F7 2nd 2013 June Tim Dalton F9 2nd 2013 June Siobhan Gallagher P1 2nd 2013 June Fiona O Grady P1 3rd 2013 June Gareth Murphy P1 3rd 2013 June Caoimhe Finn P1 3rd 2013 June Mohammed Hussain P2 INT 2nd 2013 June Ashling O Regan P2 INT 3rd 2013 June Adam Grant P4 2nd 2013 June Edward Burke P4 3rd 2013 June David Duggan P5 3rd 2013 June Asta Hogan (Kelly) P6 IRL 2nd 2013 June Melanie Jolliffe P7 INT 2nd 2013 June Stephen Caulfield P7 INT 2nd 2013 June Jonathan Cunningham 2nd in P 5 and Irish 1st Top Affiliate 2012 December Matthew Wong F7 3rd 2012 December Barry Stafford F9 2nd 2012 December Dermot O Brien F9 3rd 2012 December Sarah Jane McHugh P1 2nd 2012 December Melanie Joliffe P2 1st 2012 December John Casey Chrysostomou P2 3rd 2012 December Paul O Farrell P3 2nd 2012 December Sarah Jane McHugh P4 1st 2012 December Eoin Gleeson P4 1st 2012 December Sarah-Jane McHugh P5 1st 2012 December Claire Cormican P6 1st 2012 December Donna Firth P7 2nd 2012 December Claire Cormican P7 3rd 2012 June Thomas Mulcahy F6 2nd 2012 June Siobhan Gallagher F8 2nd 2012 June Melanie Jolliffe F9 1st 2012 June Abdul Majid F9 2nd 2012 June Shane O Keeffe P1 1st 2012 June Mark O Connor P1 1st 2012 June Claire Cormican P1 3rd 2012 June Mark Lonergan P2 3rd 2012 June Enda McElvaney P4 2nd 2012 June Irena Stozek P5 3rd 2nd Exam Sitting First Name Surname Paper Irish placing 2012 June Heidi Monahan P5 1st 2012 June Heidi Monahan P7 3rd 2011 December Melanie Jolliffe F7 1st 2011 December Stephen McKenna F8 3rd 2011 December Killian Neylon F9 2nd 2011 December Marian Flynn P1 2nd 2011 December Sharlene Mannix P2 Int 3rd 2011 December Crohan O Shea P4 and P5 3rd 2011 December Gillian O Shea P5 1st 2011 December Gillian O Shea 2nd in P7 IRL and Top Irish AFfiliation 2011 June Edward Burke F5 3rd 2011 June Gillian O Shea F8 1st 2011 June Rebecca Vaughan P1 Joint 1st 2011 June Aileen Organ P2 Joint 3rd 2011 June Deirdre Fleming P4 Joint 3rd 2011 June Vladimir Kolobov P4 Joint 3rd 2011 June Deirdre Fleming P7 Joint 3rd 2011 June Deirdre Burke 3rd in P5 and Top Irish Affiliate 2011 June Sinead Grogan 2nd Placed Trainee Professional 2010 December Thomas Willow F7 2nd 2010 December Niall Murphy P4 Joint 1st 2010 December Colm Hannon P4 2nd 2010 December Oliver Kubacka P4 3rd 2010 December Miriam Hynes P5 Joint 3rd 2010 December Margaret Dempsey P6 Joint 2nd 2010 December Dermot Kennedy P6 Joint 3rd 2010 December Michelle Scott Joint 2nd In P5 and 3rd Third Placed Trainee Professional 2010 June Gilian O Shea F4 Irl 3rd 2010 June Mark Higgins P5 3rd 2010 June Colm Hannon P6 Irl 1st 2010 June Leo Norris Top Affiliate 1st 2010 June Eugene Martin Moriarty 1st in P7 Irl, 2nd in P5 and Top Irish Affiliate 2009 December Joanna Sochacka-Gurgul F5 1st 2009 December Mary Conneely F8 Joint 1st 2009 December Joanna O Reilly P2 3rd 2009 December Michelle Scott P2 1st 2009 December Heike Albuschies P4 2nd 2009 December David Endersen P4 Joint 3rd 2009 December Joanna O Reilly P4 1st 2009 December Bartosz Tobolski P5 2nd 2009 December David Endersen Joint Top Affiliate 1st 2009 December Mary Power 3rd in P7 and Joint 1st Top Irish Affiliate 2009 June Simon Neilson F7 3rd 2009 June Kenneth Kilmurray F9 2nd 2009 June Aisling Kavanagh P1 1st 2009 June Bartosz Tobolski P1 2nd 2009 June Anna Pluta P2 1st 2009 June Mark Kelly P2 3rd 2009 June Jeanine Nolan P4 3rd 2009 June Gayle Dunne P5 1st 1st 2nd