Does your professional body mandate that you attend a training course that they provide (and charge for)? ICAS have a new PM course that they want all practioners to attend once every 5 years. While that isn't a huge ask, its over £100 to attend and I will have to travel over 100 miles each way to attend and the content isnt great.
https://www.icas.com/events/practice-management-course-newcastle
This is one of the courses.
Do the other professional bodies have similar requirements?
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No, ICAEW send some busy-bodies round every few years but I generally just waste half a day dealing with them.
What do they teach you ? Sucking eggs ?
I'd be asking why it's abroad. Scotland not good enough for the ICAS ?
Edinburgh is also available, as is London.
https://www.icas.com/events/practice-management-course-edinburgh
I suspect the direct delivery is a legacy of ICAS being more a direct teaching provider to its students/ trainees, certainly more so than the other institutes.
There are a number of locations. I'm based in Yorkshire so none of the locations are easy. Most will involve 3 + hours of travel which I'm not desperate to do. I was just curious if any other professional body forced their members to attend something similar.
There are a number of locations. I'm based in Yorkshire so none of the locations are easy. Most will involve 3 + hours of travel which I'm not desperate to do. I was just curious if any other professional body forced their members to attend something similar.
There are a number of locations. I'm based in Yorkshire so none of the locations are easy.
And what finer place could you be based ?
I have to say that I've been up to Durham on courses before. Takes about an hour and a half from our house so three hours round trip is about right.
Hardly an onerous obligation if you only have to attend once every 5 years.
I have been to both the last two PM courses and picked up useful information from both.
I just see it as CPD work plus gets me out of the office for the day.