Continuing professional development
Take ownership of your learning and enhance your professional practice.
Take ownership of your learning and enhance your professional practice.
As a member of the CIPD you’re internationally recognised as a people professional at the forefront of knowledge and learning, a status you maintain through your commitment to continuing professional development (CPD).
This commitment reflects positively on you as an individual member, the organisation you work for or with, and the profession as a whole. It’s a commitment that contributes to the reputation of the people profession.
CPD is the learning experiences which help you develop and improve your professional practice. Your ongoing professional development doesn’t come just from formal or course-based learning, it comes from anything that helps you to develop and improve your practice. It could be learning from:
• a conversation with a colleague,
• doing a new piece of work,
• working in a new team,
• reading something on LinkedIn,
• listening to a podcast,
• reflecting on the last few months of your work.
When you’re a CIPD member you agree to uphold our professional standards by making a commitment to your continuing professional development (CPD). It’s integral to our Code of Conduct and Ethics and plays an important role in maintaining the professionalism and value of CIPD membership.
We audit a random selection of members’ CPD each year. If you’ve been selected for the CPD audit, we’ll email you in the Autumn to ask you to submit three learning reflections through the My CPD Reflections tool on the Learning Hub.
You’ll have a couple of months to submit your learning reflections, which will be assessed by peers within the profession. You’ll get feedback on your reflections, and it’s a valuable opportunity to reflect on what you’ve learned and how you’ve changes your professional practice.
Whether or not you’re selected for audit, carrying out, recording and reflecting on your learning not only enhances your own professional practice and credibility, but also helps us to maintain the high standards that set our members apart as valued experts.
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