Diarmuid Hegarty (academic)
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Diarmuid Hegarty is the president of Griffith College in Ireland. He is also chairman of the Friends of the Vocal Arts.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Early life and education
Diarmuid Hegarty was born in Dublin. He studied Commerce (BComm) at University College Dublin and obtained a Barrister at Law (BL) degree from the Honorable Society of King's Inns.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
From 1969 to 1973, he trained to be an accountant with Coopers and Lybrand.[1][2]
Hegarty is a Barrister-at-Law and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Career
In 1974, Hegarty became a Taxation Consultant with constituent firm of Deloitte and Touche.[1] That same year, Hegarty founded Business and Accounting Training, which grew into Griffith College Ireland.[1] The college operated from Milltown, St. Stephen's Green and Morehampton Road, Dublin,[3] In 1978, BAT college was incorporated. The name was changed to Griffith College when the college moved to the former Griffith Barracks in 1991.[4]
In 1992, he became president of Griffith College Ireland. From 1999 to 2006, he served as a board member of Griffith College Karachi. As president of Griffith College, Hegarty has been involved in promoting the Bologna Process for a Europe-wide Higher Education Network.[5]
In 2018 he was elected to the Council of Dublin Chamber of Commerce.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Selected roles
- 2011: Chairman of the Higher Education Colleges Association (HECA),[6]
- 2012: Received an Honorary Professorship from the Beijing Information Science & Technology University (BISTU) in China[7] and was made an Honorary Member of the University's academic board
- 2018 - Elected as a Council Member [8] to Dublin Chamber of Commerce
- Chairman of the Las Adelfas Hotel partnership, in which he has a business interest.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Vice-Chairman of the Ireland-Pakistan Business Council.[9]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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- ↑ Dean of private education still on course – Diarmuid Hegarty has big plans for Griffith College – interview by Ciaran Hancock, The Sunday Times 3 September 2006
- ↑ An Educating Business by Kieron Wood – Sunday Business Post, 17 October 2004 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Bologna Process – Irish Bologna Promoters Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Higher Education College Association Chairmans Message Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Griffith College President Honoured Template:Webarchive
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