Listing Awarding Bodies
Courses.ie lists all of the awarding bodies in Ireland, the UK and abroad. Most major awards are made by bodies with statutory powers, but there are also many professional organisations that make their own awards. While courses and educational programmes in Ireland lead to qualifications from Irish awarding bodies, it sometimes be the case that courses lead to non-Irish awards, for example awards from international bodies, or national awards from other countries.
Certain Irish institutions are both providers of courses / programmes and awarding bodies in their own right: these are the Irish universities and the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).
In Ireland, following the changes in the qualifications system as a result recent legislation, the number of statutory bodies has been reduced as the new awards councils FETAC and HETAC have assumed the the awarding functions previously fulfilled by several other Irish organisations such as the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA), National Council for Vocational Awards (NCVA), Solas, Teagasc, the National Tourism Certification Board (CERT) and Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
Courses.ie lists all of the awarding bodies in Ireland and the UK below.
The Institute of Incorporated Public Accountants (IIPA) is an Ireland-based and internationally recognised body of professional accountants, auditors and accounting technicians.
History of IIPA
A group of accountants established the IIPA on 17 November 1981. They wanted a new way of operating in the profession. Since then, the Institute has become an important organisation. They support and develop the accounting profession in Ireland.
Duties and responsibilities
The IIPA engages in a number of services. First of all, they educate and train. In addition, they monitor, investigate and discipline members. As a result, they enhance the integrity of the accounting profession.
IIPA members are:
- Professional accountants
- Statutory auditors
- Accounting technicians
- Accounting students
The Institute is one of the six Recognised Accountancy Bodies in Ireland. The Department of Education and Science also recognises the IIPA. Through the EU Directives for the Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications, the IIPA is recognised at EU level.
