Institute of Continuing Professional Development

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The Institute of Continuing Professional Development (ICPD, or CPD Institute) is an institute concerned with continuing professional development (CPD) in the United Kingdom. [1] It provides CPD qualifications. [2]

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The institute has defined CPD to be:

a process by which a professional person maintains the quality and relevance of professional services throughout his/her life. [3]

The ICPD is part of The Harris Foundation for Lifelong Learning (previously the Continuing Professional Development Foundation), [4] an educational non-profit charitable trust that has provided CPD since 1981, based in London, England. [5] The institute has corporate affiliates. [6] A Fellow of the institute can use the post-nominal FInstCPD. In 2008, a new "Member" grade was launched. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ The Institute of Continuing Professional Development, .
  2. ↑ Kogan Page (2006). British Qualifications: Professional, Vocational and Academic Qualifications in the UK. Kogan Page Publishers. p. 789. ISBN   978-0-7494-4484-6.
  3. ↑ Auldeen Alsop (2000). Continuing Professional Development: A Guide for Therapists. Wiley. p. 2. ISBN   978-0-632-05007-9.
  4. ↑ Companies House – The Harris Foundation for Lifelong Learning
  5. ↑ Continuing Professional Development Foundation.
  6. ↑ Corporate Affiliates of The Institute of Continuing Professional Development, Edge NLP, UK, 4 September 2010.
  7. ↑ CPD Institute launches new Member grade Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Training Journal , 14 January 2008.


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