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ACCA PLATINUM APPROVED COLLEGE

All courses delivered from our city centre location and streamed live around the world

Students placed first in Ireland

ACCA COURSES 2018

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CONTENTS

OUR CLIENTS INCLUDE

Introduction 3

Joint Open Evenings with ACCA and AccountancySchool.ie 4

Prizewinners 5

F1, F2 and F3 Timetables for 2018 6

Timetables ACCA 2018: F4 to P7 7

ACCA Course Fees 8

AccountancySchool.ie Lecturers 10

FRONT COVER IMAGE:Back: Lecturers: Liam Doran, Shane O’Grady. Prizewinners: David Byrne, Andrea Orosz, Joseph Walsh, Hazel Bell, Henry Bridge and lecturer Mick Bristow.Front: Lecturer: Julie Hawkins, ACCA President John Gaynor. Prizewinners: Andreea Cristina Disca, Rachel Dempsey, Alison Morris, Phelim O’ Reilly, Raxanna Baratu and lecturer Dave O’Donoghue.

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• The best team of lecturers in Ireland.• We are an ACCA Platinum approved college and an Advanced Learning Partner with CIMA• City centre location with state of the art lecturing facilities.• Study room available throughout the year.• Flexible Study Modes: You can choose to study 100% online or on-campus. If you decide to study on-campus, you’ll be attending classes hosted in Lad Lane just off Baggot Street, Dublin 2. It is easily accessible and is served by numerous Luas and bus routes.• All courses are streamed live and recorded for review in your own time • ACCA Platinum approved materials and CIMA approved materials• Excellent pass rates• Extensive use of practice questions including past exam questions• Easy access to lecturers• Exam focused lecture notes• Revision courses are included in the price.• Mock exams are included in the price.• Thorough coverage of all topics on the syllabus.• Testimonials from previous students

Prior to 2013 AccountancySchool.ie was part of Independent Colleges. Independent Colleges was established in 2007 and in 2013 AccountancySchool.ie was founded as a separate business to Independent Colleges. We provide preparatory courses to professional accountancy students.

Our new CPD School will deliver seminars that meet the CPD requirements of ACCA, CIMA, ACA and CPA.

AccountancySchool.ie is the leading provider of ACCA, CIMA and ACA courses in Ireland. Chartered Grind School (CGS) delivers the courses for students of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and AccountancySchool.ie delivers courses for students of ACCA and CIMA.

We are an ACCA Platinum Approved college and an Advanced Learning Partner with CIMA.

REASONS TO STUDY AT ACCOUNTANCYSCHOOL.IE:


ACCOUNTANCYSCHOOL.IE OPEN EVENING SUPPORTED BY ACCA

Commence at 6pm at each location.Representatives from ACCA Ireland and AccountancySchool.ie will be available at all the venues to answer your queries.Presentation on ‘The Changing Face of ACCA Education in 2018’ by Dave O’Donoghue FCCA, Managing Director of AccountancySchool.ie at 6.15pm at each location.

TIMETABLE

6.15 to 6.45pm F1 to F3 and F4; ‘How should students prepare for the F1 to F3 and F4 Computer Based exams?

6.45 to 7.15pm F4 to F9; ‘What impact will the new Session Computer Based Exams (CBEs) have on the ACCA students?

7.15 to 7.45pm The change in syllabus and the implications for the Professional Level Papers (P Papers)

MARCH AND JUNE 2018 EXAMS:

SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER 2018 EXAMS:

Dublin Tuesday 16th January AccountancySchool.ie 5 Lad Lane, Dublin 2

Cork Wednesday 17th January Imperial Hotel

Dundalk Tuesday 23rd January Ramada Resort Hotel

Galway Wednesday 24th January Connacht Hotel

Limerick Wednesday 31st January Limerick Strand Hotel

Dublin Wednesday 14th February AccountancySchool.ie 5 Lad Lane, Dublin 2

Galway Thursday 12th July TBC

Dublin Tuesday 17th July AccountancySchool.ie 5 Lad Lane, Dublin 2

Cork Wednesday 18th July Imperial Hotel

Dundalk Tuesday 24th July Ramada Resort Hotel

Limerick Wednesday 25th July Limerick Strand Hotel

Dublin Wednesday 15th August AccountancySchool.ie 5 Lad Lane, Dublin 2

This open evening will be streamed live & live online




Registration is free but you must register in advance by emailing [email protected] stating your name, venue and date.


We have an impressive list of prize winners including dozens of students placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Ireland and 5 students who have placed first in the World.

ACCA PRIZEWINNERS 2017

ACCA President John Gaynor, F5 Prizewinners Andrea Orosz (March 17)

David Byrne (June 17) and lecturer Mick Bristow.

1st in IRE F8 Andreea Cristina Disca with Chairman of ACCA John Gaynor and

lecturer Dave O’Donoghue.

Acca President John Gaynor, Phelim O’Reilly, Alison Morris and Henry Bridge, P4 Prizewinners and lecturer Liam Doran.

1st in IRE P1 Roxanna Baratu with Chairman of ACCA John Gaynor and lecturer Shane O’Grady.


F1, F2 AND F3 TIMETABLES FOR 2018:

F1, F2 AND F3 OFFER:

1. FACE TO FACE:The lectures are classroom based. These classes are also streamed live and recorded so you can review challenging topics after the class. In addition, if you cannot attend a lecture you can follow the live stream from your home or office.

2. BLENDED COURSE:The first lecture will be classroom based. It will also be streamed live and recorded if you are unable to attend the live lecture at our College. The lecturer will introduce him/herself and layout the lecture plans for you together with giving an introduction to the course. The remainder of the course will be delivered online and will also include the Revision Course (see below)

3. REVISION COURSE:These courses are classroom based face to face courses streamed live and recorded. They are included as part of the Face to Face course OR the Blended Lectures course. The revision course can also be taken as a stand alone course.

Register for F1, F2 and F3 for €1,500 and take as many attempts as you need to pass these 3 papers. The early papers can be challenging as you adapt to your ACCA studies. We want to help you with these early papers by giving you an unlimited number of attempts at them.

* Students can start this course at a time that suits their individual needs. These dates are suggestions and are the dates that the introductory lecture will be delivered live, it will also be streamed live and recorded.

Face to Face Classroom F1 F2 F3 commencement datesCourse 1 29th January 23rd January 22nd FebruaryCourse 2 Blended course only 3rd July Blended course onlyCourse 3 24th September Blended course only 27th September

Detailed timetables are available at www.accountancyschool.ie

Blended Course F1 F2 F3 commencement dates*Course 1 29th January 23rd January 22nd FebruaryCourse 2 4th July 3rd July 5th July Course 3 24th September 25th September 27th September

Revision Dates F1 F2 F3 (all Face to Face OR Blended)commencement*Course 1 9th April 3rd April 19th AprilCourse 2 29th August 28th August 30th AugustCourse 3 19th November 27th November 22nd November

We are changing the way that courses are delivered for the early subjects of F1, F2 and F3. You can choose the best mode of study and commencement date that suits your personal circumstances.


TIMETABLES ACCA 2018: F4 TO P7

Detailed timetables are available at www.accountancyschool.ie

September 2018 will see one of the most significant events in recent ACCA history with the introduction of the new syllabus. The new syllabus merges the existing subjects, P1 and P3, into a new subject named the ‘Strategic Business Leader’. To assist you in planning for this we are making our 2018 timetables available from early 2018 at www.accountancyschool.ie

The outline will be as follows:

Face to Face and Live Streaming course for the Strategic Business Leader will commence on the 12th June. The recordings will be available for any student who wishes to start after June 12th.

ALL OTHER COURSES:

MARCH 2018 EXAMS

JUNE 2018 (PLEASE REFER TO ACCOUNTANCYSCHOOL.IE FOR P6 WITH JULIE HAWKINS START DATES)

SEPTEMBER 2018 - NEW SYLLABUS

DECEMBER 2018 - PTO

On-Line materials available from Monday 11th December 2017

December 2017 results published Monday 15th January 2018

Face to Face classes commence Wednesday 17th January 2018

Live streaming commences Wednesday 17th January 2018

Exams commence Monday March 5th 2018

On line materials available from Monday 22nd January

Face to Face courses commence Monday 19th February

Live streaming commences Monday 19th February

Exams commence Monday 4th June

On Line materials available from Monday 11th June

June 2018 results Monday 16th July

Face to Face courses commence Wednesday 18th July

Live streaming commences Wednesday 18th July

Exams commence Monday 3rd September


Strategic Business Leader: Commencements dates and timetables will be available on accountancyschool.ie from May 2018.

ALL OTHER COURSES:

DECEMBER 2018 (PLEASE REFER TO ACCOUNTANCYSCHOOL.IE FOR P6 WITH JULIE HAWKINS START DATES)

ACCA COURSE FEES

On line materials available from Monday 13th July

Face to Face courses commence Monday 27th August

Live streaming commences Monday 27th August

Exams commence Monday 3rd December

Accountancyschool.ie ACCA Ireland Classroom Study Option Online Study Option Full Retaker Revision Full Retaker Revision Course Only Course Attend main course in person x x Attend main course online x x x x Attend revision course in person x x x Attend revision course online x x x x x xLecturer support via email/online x x x x x xHomeworks & correction x x x x x xMock exam and correction x x x x x xText Book Provided x x Lecture Notes and materials x x x x x x

Access to Course Library with full x x x x pre-recorded video, study notes and MCQ’s Pricing F1 - F3 €550 €275 €200 €450 €275 €200F4 - F9 €795 €395 €330 €695 €395 €330P1 - P7 €920 €460 €395 €820 €460 €395

Mock Exams €100 (these are included with all of the above courses)Fees for September 2018 including The Strategic Business Leader will be confirmed at a later date.

DISCOUNTS

Retakers:We offer significant discounts to students who are repeating an exam with us. The discount is available to all retakers irrespective of where you studied for the exam previously. Does not apply if other discounts are being claimed. There are T&Cs.

Unemployed:If you are unemployed and paying for studies yourself we offer the same discounts as those offered to retakers.


ACCOUNTANCYSCHOOL.IE LECTURERS

Meet Our Lecturing Team. Lectures are delivered by an outstanding team with vast experience and unrelenting examination focus.

LIAM DORAN FCCA, MBS (FINANCE)

MICHAEL BRISTOW BSC (MGMT), FCCA, DIPIFR

JULIE HAWKINS CPA

Liam is a Director at AccountancySchool.ie. He specialises in the areas of Financial Accounting and Financial Management for ACCA, CPA, CIMA and ACA. He is an immensely confident and popular lecturer. Liam has had students placed first in the World in P2 and numerous national and international prize-winners at P2 and P4.

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 ACCA, CIMA, ACA 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.

My Name is Julie Hawkins and I have been running taxation courses for ACCA students since 1991. For over twenty years I have consistently achieved pass rates over the national average and over 73 placings at 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Ireland. In June 2012 one of my students Sinead Buckley came first in the world in paper F6.I am 100% committed to ensuring that my students pass their exams first time and also learn practically about tax which they will use personally and in their future careers.


SHANE O’GRADY BSC

SANDRA GLEESON FCCA, DIPIFR, AITI

DAVE O’DONOGHUE FCCA, MSC, DIPIFR

Shane is a full-time Senior Lecturer with AccountancySchool.ie in the areas of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Strategy. Prior to joining AccountancySchool.ie, Shane was a member of the Enterprise Risk Services team in Deloitte. Shane has lectured on ACCA, ACA, 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.

Sandra is a Senior Lecturer with AccountancySchool.ie and a Tax Training Associate Director with a large Accountancy firm in Dublin. Sandra specialises in Tax, Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. She has lectured to ACCA, CPA, IATI, CIMA and ACA students since 2002. Sandra has an exam focused teaching approach and an ability to simplify the more difficult areas of the subject.

Dave is the Managing Director of AccountancySchool.ie where he lecturers at all levels of Auditing and Financial Reporting. Dave is currently the Irish representative on the ACCA Global Education Forum and he is also a Director of Chartered Grind School which prepares students to sit the exams of ACA Ireland. Dave has been lecturing to professional accountancy students since 1996.

He has lectured students placed first in the World in F7 and a number who were placed 2nd in the World at 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.

MICHAEL DONNELLY FCCA

Michael Donnelly has been lecturing accountancy students since 1998 on ACCA and other accounting courses. 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 1996. Michael brings a practical hands on approach to the classroom and he has numerous prize-winners at F3, F8 and P7 since he commenced his lecturing career .


MICHAEL BARRY ND(BS), ACMA, MSC(FINANCE), AMCT, CGMA

DR. VAL CORBETT BCL, LLM, PHD

SEAN MCLOUGHNEY

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 became a welcome addition to the professional team at AccountancySchool.ie in January 2013. Michael brings a wealth of experience to classroom delivery producing exceptional pass rates and world prize winners. As both a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA) 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.

Val Corbett graduated with BCL and LLM degrees from the National University of Ireland, Cork in 1997 and 1998 respectively. He completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2008. He completed his PhD at Trinity College in 2017.Val was formerly the Head of the Law School at Independent College Dublin (2007- 2016) and prior to that was Head of the Law School at Griffith College Dublin (2001-2007). He has published in a number of Irish and international peer-reviewed journals in these fields. He has also published a number of student texts in the Law of Torts and has co-authored Employment Law in Ireland (Clarus Press, Dublin 2009).

Val brings the ideal mixture of practical and academic to the F4 Law Paper at AccountancySchool.ie.

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 10000 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.

AccountancySchool.ieLad Lane, Dublin 2

Tel: (01) 9061350 Email: [email protected]

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