Education sector

Pictured at a recent seminar jointly hosted by Grant Thornton and Eversheds O'Donnell Sweeney are Prof. Patrick Prendergast (Provost-elect, Trinity College), Prof. Brian MacCraith (President, DCU) and Prof. Brian Norton (President, DIT)

Education is a well-established and key market sector for Grant Thornton. We have a dedicated team of experienced higher education specialists from a range of disciplines.

 

Our education team has extensive experience working with universities, institutes of technology and associated bodies providing advice in relation to a broad range of areas including: consultancy, audit, risk and governance, tax, VAT and corporate finance services. Access to our extensive international network means that we can bring to bear an understanding of issues facing the sector in other countries and also lessons learned from around the world. This allows us to identify innovative and proven solutions to issues arising in the Irish context.

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As part of our commitment to working in the sector, we are involved in a range of education related access and innovation/entrepreneurial programmes. Examples of such programmes include: 

  • Trinity Access Programme
  • Dublin City University Access Programme
  • Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship
  • University College Dublin Gaelic Football Scholars
  • University College Dublin Musical Charity and Foundation sponsorship
  • Dundalk IT Award Business Strategy.