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Get a head start on your Continuing Professional Development

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By Vikki Douglas, Senior Manager, Professional Development

28 February 2023

Four easy steps to undertaking CPD:

  • Make time.
  • Keep an online record.
  • Make it a habit.
  • Explore the CPD opportunities available through ICAS.

It’s never too early to begin thinking about your 2023 CPD goals, and ICAS has a range of CPD opportunities available to help you keep up to date and prepare you for the year ahead.

While it might be tempting to wait until later in the year before assessing CPD activities, it is a good idea to plan ahead and set out your development needs early.

Make time

‘I don’t have time’ is the phrase we hear the most when talking about continuing professional development (CPD) and we’re all guilty of using it. Whatever we do, work is busy, and everyone faces similar pressures.

Whether you work in an accounting, finance or business role, it’s these commonalities that connect us all. Sometimes we’re so busy hurtling through the tasks, meetings and priorities that we don’t stop to focus on our own personal and professional development.

There is a strong chance that someone else is making the time, and reaping the rewards.

Keeping an online record

Keeping your knowledge up-to-date, and making a commitment to undertake your CPD, are important aspects of your professional career.

Every year a percentage of members are asked to provide evidence of their CPD compliance. Our biggest source of development is the one that we’re immersed in – our everyday lives.

Whether it’s attending a course, joining a webinar or reading one of the many articles on icas.com, these activities all count as CPD. But we tend to fall down by not taking the time to record our learning and development activities.

We recommend that you keep an online record of your CPD during the year so that you can submit this easily if required to do so. Your CPD record can be in any format but as part of your CPD requirements, we provide a pro-forma CPD planning and recording document to help you plan your CPD activities and record your progression through ICAS’ CPD Process.

Make it a habit

With ever-increasing commitments and tasks competing for our time, keeping CPD at the forefront of your mind can be a challenge.

Start small, build a plan, keep going, and find a process that works for you. To help, we have a wide range of CPD offerings and resources available to you from both ICAS and our external CPD Partners, that include:

  • CPD Courses and Qualifications
  • Online Learning and Resources
  • 1:1 or Team Coaching
  • Mentoring
  • Events and webinars
  • and more...

For more information on our CPD offering and to see the full range of initiatives available for you or your organisation, visit the CPD section below.


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We’d love to hear your feedback on the current ICAS CPD offering. If you would like to make suggestions on how ICAS can better support you, please contact the Professional Development team.

If you have any queries, please also visit the ICAS Customer Help Centre to find out where to direct your query.

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