Griffith College Cork
| Coláiste Uí Ghríofa, Corcaigh | |
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Former names
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Skerry's College Cork, Skerry's Business College, Skerry's Cork Business School |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 2000(Drinan St.), 1884(Skerrys) |
| President | Diarmuid Hegarty |
| Address |
Griffith College Cork 51°53′42″N 8°28′31″W / 51.894973°N 8.475158°WCoordinates: 51°53′42″N 8°28′31″W / 51.894973°N 8.475158°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | HETAC, HECA |
| Website | http://www.griffith.ie |
Griffith College Cork
Wellington House,
9/11 Patrick's Hill, Cork.
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Griffith College Cork is an independent education institution based in the former Skerry's College Cork which it merged with Griffith College in 2005, where it runs courses in Business, Law, Secretarial, Media & Journalism, Design as well as evening courses in Psychology, Office Skills, Computing and development and training Courses.
Most of the undergraduate degree courses are validated by HETAC and a number of them require application via the Irish CAO system. The LLB(Hons) in Irish Law is jointly validated by HETAC & Nottingham Trent University.
The Journalism & Media postgraduate course is validated by HETAC.
Full-time undergraduate HETAC level 6, 7 & 8 courses were also validated to receive tax relief under the Irish Governments 1997 Act.
In August 2009 Griffith College Cork moved from its Patrick's Hill buildings to a new location Cove Street, Sullivan's Quay, Cork, Co. Cork.
In 2014 the college moved to its new, permanent location occupying the former Marymount Hospice on Wellington Road, overlooking the city.
Since 2000 there is also a division of the college which provides Professional Accountancy training in Drinan St., Cork [1] for the ACCA, CIMA, IATI and CPA accountancy bodies. Griffith College has been appointed as an ACCA registered CPD/CPE provider. IATI, CIMA Certificate in Business and ACCA Certified Accounting Technician courses are also run at the Cove St. College which is an ACCA Gold status Approved Learning Partner.
The ACCA has awarded Griffith College Cork the Platinum accreditation – the highest recognition by the ACCA and the college has also achieved the goldStar Approved Educator status from the CPA.
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