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Shannon College of Hotel Management

Mr ADRIAN SYLVER

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Contact Details

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
Shannon College of Hotel Management
Shannon
Co Clare
Ireland
T: +353 61 712317
M: 00353 87 8509484
E: adrian.sylver@nuigalway.ie
@adriansylver https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-sylver-5656bb15
 
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Biography

Joined Shannon College of Hotel Management in 2006 as Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. In 2015 was appointed as Programme Leader for the BBS and BComm Programmes. Lecture in the areas of financial accounting, management accounting, business finance, performance management and asset management.

Prior to joining Shannon College of Hotel Management worked as Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at Dublin Business School. During the time at Dublin Business School acted as programme leader and lecturer on both academic (undergraduate and postgraduate) and professional accounting (ACCA, CIMA, CPA, IATI, Institute of Bankers) programmes.

Research interests include performance management in the service sector, cost control and cost reduction techniques in the hotel industry.

Research Interests

Research for my teaching specialism of accountig and finance:
I am interested in the areas of performance management in the service sector and specifically in the hotel industry. The evolution of Hotel Asset Management and the trends in Asset Management according to changes in the economy. Finally I am interested in the area of cost control and how this can be achieved in the hospitality sector. I do this by attending industry briefings and conferences and by consulting with industry practicioners through guest speakers, visits to work places and keeping abreast of literture in the different fields.

Research for the School:
I compile retention statistics for the school on an annual basis Looking at the percentage of students graduating. This information is required for filing purposes and for University wide statistics.


Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2016 Students Choice Teaching Award Students Union NUI Galway

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Irish Hospitality Institute Ordinary Member /

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
Shannon College of Hotel Management Lecturer in Accounting & Finance 04-SEP-06 /
Dublin Business School Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance 29-AUG-94 / 18-AUG-06

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Emergency Protocol To react to emergency situations for students of the college on placement. 05-SEP-16 /
School Executive Committee Shannon College of Hotel Management Support the Head of School in the management, co-ordination and implementation of the schools activities and priorities. 05-SEP-16 /
Quality Review Committee - 2014 With responsibility for business modules I was charged with reviewing the business modules 07-JUL-14 /
Curriculum Review Committee Committee Member - focusing on business modules 01-SEP-08 / 05-MAY-16

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2000 NUI Galway MASTERS DEGREE (LEVEL 9) Accounting
1993 NUI Galway B.Comm General

Languages

  Language
Gaeilge
French

Community Engagement

  Title Type From / To
Other Secretary Ardrahan GAA Club 01-JAN-06 / 04-DEC-11
Board Membership Ballyglass NS Board of Management 06-SEP-10 / 16-JUN-13

Other Activities

  Description

I have a lot of experience in lecturing to professional accounting students. I have lectured on ACCA, CIMA, CPA, Accounting Technician, Institute of Banker programmes in the areas of financial accounting, management accounting and business finance with in excess of 60 students receiving world wide placings in exams - including one first in the world placing in ACCA.

Teaching Interests

My area of teaching is acounting and finance.

At Shannon College of Hotel Management i lecture modules in Financial Accounting (first and third year), Management Accounting (first and third year), Finance (third and fourth year), Performance Management (fourth year) and Hotel Asset Management (fourth year). In the 2012/2013 academic year I also delivered the Business Finance module to second year BComm students at NUI Galway.

Prior to joining Shannon College of Hotel Management I worked for Dublin Business School (DBS) and held the position of Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. I worked for DBS from 1995 to 2006. During this time I amassed a lot of experience in teaching at academic (undergraduate and postgraduate) and professional accounting level (ACCA/CIMA/CPA). Students of mine achieved over 60 world-wide placings in professional accounting exams with one student in particular winning first place in the world in what was then Paper 8 (Financial Management and Control). At DBS I was involved in executive education programmes in Kuala Lumper and locally in Dublin. 

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
First Year Management Accounting 1 SC1109 An introduction to the area of management accounting
Third Year Business Finance SC3204 Knowledge in the area of sources of finance, managing working capital and appraising investment decisions
Third Year Financial Accounting 2 SC3220 A module developed for those wishing to specialise in accounting stream in the final year BComm
First Year Financial Accounting 1 SC1108 An introduction to the area of financial accounting
Fourth Year Hotel Asset Management SC4119 Module looks at the area of managing the hotel asset, investment decisions, tyoes of contracts, brands, legal requirments, finance options. Looks at current trends in the market.
Fourth Year Performance Management and Control SC4111 Modules specialises in measuring financial and non financial performance and looking at cost control techniques
Third Year Management Accounting 2 SC3203 Developing on what was covered in first year