The School is led by Peter, Una and Andrew Kearns who are responsible for the day to day operation of the School.

Peter Kearns - Director

Peter Kearns, having worked at The Institute of Education for the past 10 years, has now taken over the management of the business from his father and founder of The Institute, Raymond Kearns.

Peter brings to his new role a wealth of academic qualifications and business experience.

On completion of his second level studies at Gonzaga College, Peter studied for his B.Com. at UCD. Having achieved a Masters at Smurfit Business School, he joined KPMG and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1998.  Peter worked with Merrill Lynch in London before returning to Ireland to work in the family business at Portobello College and The Institute of Education.

 Una Kearns - Director

Education:

BComm in UCD

MBS in UCD

HDip Psych in UCC

MSC in Work and Organisational Psychology in DCU

Una worked in the area of Recruitment and Selection for both Bank of Ireland and then for Diageo (Guinness). In both companies she was involved in psychometric testing and personality profiling for promotional and senior management positions and dealt with the recruitment and management of both BOI and Diageo’s graduate recruitment programmes.

Una then joined the family business, Portobello College and The Institute of Education in 2002, where she is responsible for Human Resources and the recruitment of all staff for the Institute of Education.

Andrew Kearns - Director

 Education:

FCA AITI Dip Legal Studies (King’s Inns)

Andrew has been involved with the Institute for over 15 years. He is involved particularly in the development of international student markets. He is a former Vice-Chairman of the Ireland China Association. Prior to joining the Institute, Andrew worked with Macquarie Bank in Australia after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in Dublin

Andrew Kearns meets Batt O'Keefe TD (Minister for Education) on a trade mission to China, October 2008.