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Dear Student,

Thank you for considering City Colleges’ School of Professional Accountancy.

At City Colleges, we pride ourselves in providing exceptional tuition for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualifications, and have carefully assembled a vastly experienced team of committed and enthusiastic lecturers.

In addition to providing superb ACCA tuition, our classes are streamed live online and recorded (so that you can watch at your convenience anytime, anywhere). We also provide BPP’s ACCA Platinum approved materials, convenient locations in Dublin’s city centre at South Great George’s Street and in Templeogue (near M50), around the clock tutor support, realistic tuition fees, smaller classes and more personal tuition for you.

The team now includes former BPP lecturers Shaun Browne (F3, F8, P7) and myself, Owen O’Reilly (F1, P1 and P3).

Please feel free to contact me on 1850 25 27 40 if we can be of any assistance.

Best wishes,

Owen O’ReillyHead of Professional Accountancy SchoolF1, P1 and P3 lecturer

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Success atCity CollegesBrendan Foley is extremely professional in a most friendly way. He is very engaging and really helped me to actually enjoy this subject.”Sinead Quigley on Paper F4 Corporate & Business Law, with Brendan Foley

Shaun Browne is BRILLIANT! He made travelling from Galway well worth the trip!”Deirdre Dooley on Paper F8 Audit & Assurance, with Shaun Browne

The online lectures are great. If I miss a lecture I can do it online the next day so when I’m back in class I’m not behind. It’s a great system.“Claire Liddy on Papers F6 Taxation, P1 Governance, Risk & Ethics and P3 Business Analysis

Owen O’Reilly is a brilliant lecturer.”Jiao Zhang on Paper P1 Governance, Risk & Ethics, with Owen O’Reilly

I would definitely recommend Owen O’Reilly. He manages to make the class enjoyable, and makes every possible effort to ensure you pass his subjects.”Tim Briden on Paper P3 Business Analysis, with Owen O’Reilly

My lecturer was excellent. City Colleges clearly is doing everything possible to be the best.”Des Slater on Paper P3, with Owen O’Reilly

Gary O’Mahony is great. I was an online student and found his lectures extremely effective. He uses real life experiences which helps greatly.”Julie Grainger on Paper P6 Advanced Taxation, with Gary O’Mahony

The course was brilliant.”A.S. on Paper P6 Advanced Taxation, with Gary O’Mahony

Shaun Browne is brilliant!”Ruping Liu on Paper P7, with Shaun Browne

Great lecturer, great location.”Meena McGuiness on Paper P7 Advanced Audit & Assurance, with Shaun Browne

Shaun Browne is a fantastic lecturer.”D.H. on Paper P7 Advanced Audit & Assurance, with Shaun Browne

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City Colleges is excellent, with superb lecturers. Great location, personal attention, and online lectures are an excellent option. I recommend it highly.”

Sinead Quigley“

Why City Colleges? • Excellent lecturers• Live lectures streamed online and recorded for later review• ACCA Platinum Approved BPP Study Materials• Free Mock Exams with immediate tutor feedback• Exam technique classes• City centre location in South Great George’s Street, convenient for bus, LUAS, DART• Southside Dublin location in Templeogue• Study rooms and library in our city centre and Templeogue locations• Affordable tuition fees with great offers• Limited class sizes

ACCA Courses on offer at City Colleges:

• Foundations in Accounting -Introductory Certificate in Financial Management and Management Accounting -Intermediate Certificate in Financial Management and Management Accounting -Diploma in Accounting & Business

• Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) Qualification

• ACCA Fundamental & Professional Papers

Professional papers

P1 Governance, Risk & Ethics

P2 Corporate Reporting

P3 Business Analysis

P4 Advanced Financial Management

P5 Advanced Performance Management

P6 Advanced Taxation

P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance

Fundamental papers

F1 Accountant in Business

F2 Management Accounting

F3 Financial Accounting

F4 Corporate and Business Law

F5 Performance Management

F6 Taxation

F7 Financial Reporting

F8 Audit and Assurance

F9 Financial Management

Why City Colleges?At City Colleges, we believe that the student experience is, in large part, determined by the quality of the tuition provided. For this reason, we have assembled a team of talented and inspiring lecturers who have a wealth of experience. Classroom based lectures are also streamed live, as well as recorded and made available for review online through our unique StudyPlus.

I have really enjoyed doing the ACCA-CAT course at City Colleges. Many thanks to my lecturer Claire who has always helped and encouraged me to achieve the best results.”

Biljana Stankovic“

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Dr Michael DowlingPaper Specialist: F9

Dr Michael Dowling is lecturer in finance in Dublin City University Business School, Ireland, where he specialises in delivering courses in financial

management, particularly at the executive education level. He completed his PhD in finance in Trinity College Dublin in 2007. He has delivered a number of excellently-received ACCA-exemption courses in his previous employment in UK universities, including the University of Essex. He is a passionate advocate of modern learning techniques and the power of blended learning approaches combining technology and practical exercises to enhance your learning experience.

Claire Phelan O’ RourkeBBS, ACA.CAT Courses

Claire has lectured on professional accounting qualification courses for ACCA, ATI and undergraduate finance and accounting

programmes for the past five years. She specialises in Financial Accounting & Taxation subjects. Her lectures aim to combine clear explanation of topics with strong interaction on the student’s part. Claire also brings to her lectures experience gained through working in practice in the areas of Tax and Audit of multinationals for over five years.

About Our LecturersOwen O’Reilly BA MBSHead of Professional Accountancy SchoolPaper Specialist: F1, P1 & P3

Owen is a leading lecturer (formerly BPP) with extensive ACCA and CIMA

professional accounting exam experience and over 35 student prize winners.

His focus is about your exam technique and your exam success. Owen uses his extensive industry and Management Consulting experience to bring his courses to life. He is well known for his brilliant exam techniques, student centred approach and entertaining classes.

A central part of his teaching is to use real practical examples to help students understand and apply the key concepts leading to very high pass rates and prize winners.

He is the winner of the UCD/NIB Smurfit Business School Masters Scholarship Award and a double CIMA prize winner.

Shaun Browne MAAT FCCAPaper Specialist: F3 , F8 & P7

Shaun trained as an ACCA accountant in the UK and qualified in 1990 whilst in practice. Once qualified, Shaun changed direction and moved to the ACCA as a training

consultant where he developed his passion for teaching and embarked on a 3 year training expedition for the ACCA running study schools in countries such as China, Africa and Russia.

Shaun believes in making the class as interesting and as much fun as possible so that students enjoy learning. He includes lots of anecdotes about his work as a trainee and a partner to help students appreciate the practical aspects of auditing.

Shaun is a great believer in ‘learn the basics’ i.e. you can’t audit a set of accounts unless you know how to prepare a set of accounts…in other words don’t take the auditing papers until you have passed or are studying for the accounting papers!

This advice has stood the-test-of-time with many UK, Irish and world-wide prize winners in Auditing to his name.

Brendan Foley, BA, BLPaper Specialist: F4

Brendan graduated with a degree in English Literature from Trinity College Dublin in 1996. He was called to the Irish Bar in 2005, and has been in practice at the Bar and

lecturing on professional courses since 2006. He was awarded the Antonia O’Callaghan prize for Constitutional Law in 2004. Brendan has lectured in Constitutional law, Equity & Trusts, Company law and European law for FE1 candidates since 2008. He has also lectured on the King’s Inns Entrance Examination course in Constitutional law since 2008.

Barry Smith, PhD, FCAPaper Specialist: F7

Barry has been teaching accounting and finance at professional, postgraduate and undergraduate levels since 2001. During the last six years, his ACCA teaching

experience has included the F3, F7, and P2 modules.

His popularity as a lecturer results from being exam focused, well prepared for classes and from his ability to explain complex accounting topics. In 2010, his ‘Introductory Financial Accounting and Reporting’ textbook was published by McGraw-Hill and has been extremely well received by teachers and students.

Barry is a Chartered Accountant since 1996 and holds postgraduate degrees from University College Dublin (MEconSc) and University of Birmingham (PhD). He also holds an ACCA Diploma in International Financial Reporting Standards (DipIFR).

Gary O’Mahony BCL, FCA, AITIPaper Specialist: F6 & P6

Gary has considerable experience of lecturing in tax matters in different forums, both domestically and abroad. He has lectured

students on tax for a variety of professional courses such as AITI, ACCA and CIMA. Highly respected as a tax expert, Gary is regularly invited to speak on tax matters at various national seminars, where his pragmatic approach is welcomed. Gary has also written articles over the past 15 years for a variety of professional publications/ newspapers.

Gary has set and corrected mock tax exam papers for the CAI chartered accountant programmes and has contributed to the writing, editing and review process of a number of CAI and ITI tax texts. He was also recently an examiner for a professional exam.

Adrian SylverPaper Specialist: F5

Adrian has been a senior ACCA lecturer for over 15 years. During this time he has built up a considerable reputation for his style of delivery on ACCA

programmes. This experience gives Adrian a detailed knowledge of paper syllabus, examiners style and articles and previous exam papers. His lectures are structured to maximise syllabus coverage, practice past exam questions and focus on any past examiner articles in the topic area. Adrian also places great emphasis on practicing exam technique and time management which are critical components of F5 exam success.

Foundations in Accountancy (FIA)Incorporating CAT, Certified Accounting TechnicianFoundations in Accountancy (FIA) consist of a suite of awards, including certificates, diploma and a revised Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) Qualification.Students can qualify for additional awards as they progress through the full qualification. These flexible awards provide students with certification at each level as they progress their education to full ACCA status.The Foundations in Accountancy and CAT Qualifications are suitable for anyone who wants a progressively solid foundation of knowledge in finance and accounting. They will provide you with all the technical skills and knowledge you need to perform an accounting- support role and work at a technician level. No previous academic qualifications are required to study for these qualifications. The ability level is broadly equivalent to the first year of a degree programme/HND.

What kind of work can I do with this qualification?Holders of these qualifications could work in the following types of roles:• An accounting role in a small to medium-sized organisation• A financial reporting, financial support or supervisory role in a larger organisation• A financial supervisory or management role in accounts payable and/or receivables, or a financial role

in a fixed-asset accounting or a financial shared service centre• An accounting technician role in a commercial organisation

What’s involved?The Foundations in Accountancy offer the following suite of qualifications (with associated modules). To achieve the CAT Qualification you will need to register as a student on Foundations in Accountancy and complete the full nine modules (plus the ethics module and work experience stipulated below):

Becoming an ACCA-qualified accountant does not just involve passing your exams and the professional ethics module, you also need to complete our Practical Experience Requirement (PER). It is not just accountants who must gain relevant practical experience, many other professions, such as doctors and lawyers, also have to gain experience to show that they are fit to practise.

You can gain your practical experience before, during or after you complete the exams.

What is PER?PER provides a structure for you to follow by setting you a range of performance objectives. The performance objectives ensure you gain the experience to demonstrate that you have the abilities required to become a member.

Completing the performance objectives will allow you to:• Apply in practice the knowledge and

techniques gained through your studies towards the ACCA exams

• Observe and be involved in real-life work situations that help you to develop the skills, attitudes and behaviours you will need as a qualified accountant

• Develop your judgement, encouraging you to reflect on the quality of your work and how you may improve your work performance in the future.

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The performance objectives are closely linked to the exam syllabus and we recommend that you co-ordinate your study and practical experience achievement to gain the most from both.

What do I have to do?To begin achieving your PER, you need to be working in an accounting or finance-related role. You will need to:• Find a workplace mentor• Complete 36 months’ employment in an

accounting or finance-related role(s)• Achieve 13 performance objectives• Record your progress using the online My

Experience record

If you think the opportunities to achieve your PER in your current role are limited, consider other options available to you before you choose to find alternative employment. Aim to get your employer’s support to help you gain your PER; consider work shadowing, secondment or an internship; and work closely with your workplace mentor.

If you are a full-time student or you are not working in a relevant role, start thinking about what steps you will need to take in the future to gain the practical experience you need in order to become a member.

ACCA QualificationPractical Experience Requirement (PER)*

In addition you will be required to complete a professionalism and ethics module called Foundations in Professionalism.

Furthermore you will be required to complete one year’s relevant practical experience in any accounting environment to show you can use your knowledge from the exams in the workplace. Experience can be completed before, at the same time or after taking your exams.

How long will it take to complete?It’s up to you as there is no time limit. You can sit most of the exams on demand as computer-based exams or choose to sit paper-based exams in June and December at one of 380 exam centres around the world. You can complete Foundations in Professionalism before or after the exams. So you could complete the CAT Qualification in one or two years.

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Introductory Certificate in Financial Management and Management Accounting• Recording Financial Transaction (FA1) • Management Information (MA1)

Intermediate Certificate in Financial Management and Management Accounting• Maintaining Financial Records (FA2) • Managing Costs and Finances (MA2)

Diploma in Accounting and Business• Accountant in Business (FAB)• Management Accounting (FMA) • Financial Accounting (FFA)

Certified Accounting Technical (CAT) QualificationIn order to achieve this qualification you must complete two of the following:• Foundations in Taxation (FTX)• Foundations in Financial Management (FFM) • Foundations in Audit (FAU)

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Live LectureBroadcasting/OnlineOur accountancy lectures, which are delivered live from Dublin, are also streamed live online, as well as being recorded and made available for review through Moodle. The lectures remain online until the end of the examinations so students can access them as many times as necessary during their revision.

Students watching live webcasts may submit questions to the lecturers through Coveritlive™, a chat system for students to interact with the class. This system is moderated by a member of the faculty.

You can apply online at www.citycolleges.ie,or you can complete the application formavailable on our website and return it to theAdmissions Office.

You can also request a hard copy application form by contacting the School of Professional Accountancy on 1850 25 27 40 orinfo@citycolleges.ie

Postal Address:Course AdmissionsSchool of Professional AccountancyCity CollegesWicklow House84-88 South Great George’s Street,Dublin 2Tel: 1850 25 27 40Email: info@citycolleges.ie

Facilities• Library and study rooms available in our Dublin

city centre and Templeogue locations• Printed materials provided• Lectures streamed live on Moodle with online

chat facility• City centre location in South Great George’s

Street, convenient for bus, LUAS, DART, etc• Southside location in Templeogue with

extensive car parking facilities• Around the clock support by telephone and

email.

City Colleges also delivers professionalprogrammes in the following discipline areasfrom our city centre campus, our campus inTempleogue, Dublin 6W, and throughout Irelandonline:

School of Criminology, Policing & Security Studies

• Diploma in Criminology & Criminal Psychology• Diploma in Crime Scene Investigation• Diploma in Policing Studies• Diploma In Police Leadership & Management• Diploma in Penology & Prison Studies• Diploma in Corporate Fraud Investigation

S.O.S. Safety Training Courses• FETAC/QQI level 4, 5 day course for Security

Guards• FETAC/QQI level 4, 5 day course for Door

Supervisors• FETAC/QQI Level 4, 6 day combined course for

Security & Door Supervisors School of Professional Law• Law Society of Ireland’s Entrance Exams (FE1)

Preparatory Course• King’s Inns Preparation Course• Diploma in Employment law• Diploma in Mediation• Diploma in Legal Studies School of Arts, Business & Computing• Diploma in Journalism, with John Waters• Diploma in Irish History, with Myles Dungan• Diploma in Family History, with Myles Dungan• Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing,

accredited by the Digital Marketing Institute• Diploma in Creative Writing• Diploma in News & Sports Journalism• Diploma in Chinese (Mandarin)• Diploma in Chinese Business Studies• Diploma in Change Management• Diploma in Leadership• Diploma in Executive Coaching• Diploma in Entrepreneurial Management• Diploma in Soft Skills• Diploma in Strategic Planning• Diploma in Managing People School of Childcare• Diploma in Childcare• Diploma in Montessori Education School of Psychology• Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy• Diploma in Criminology & Criminal Psychology• Diploma in Counselling Psychology• Diploma in Psychology• Diploma in Mindfulness & Well-Being• Diploma in Psychological Abnormality• Diploma in Child & Developmental Psychology

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