CIPD Qualification Professional Assessment of Competence
ObjectivesPAC is a portfolio-based route towards CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) membership which recognises existing experience, skills and competencies. Delegates will have to compile a portfolio of personal reports supported by appropriate evidence which demonstrates how they meet the CIPD’s professional standards.
Entry requirementsEntry requirementsThis route into membership is aimed at Middle and Senior managers who must have at least five years management experience in a strategic capacity, three of which should be within the HR/HRD area.
Course descriptionModules
Students have to satisfy the requirements of the CIPD’s four fields of study:
-Leadership and Management (consisting of four modules)
-People Management and Development
-Four electives (which can be chosen from amongst 19 possible electives)
-The completion of a Management Research Report (MRR) and the compilation of a continuous professional development log (CPD)
Accreditation
Nottingham Business School has an established reputation for providing high-quality CIPD courses. Nottingham Business School has been recognised as a Centre of Research Excellence by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Application and selection
You will be invited to attend a diagnostic interview at the University. At this interview, an assessor can judge the likely success of this route before any assessment costs are incurred.
Assessment
By review of portfolio evidence and reports and by interview.
Course content
You will complete a portfolio against the required fields and elective modules of the CIPD’s professional standards.
Employability and careers: life after university
Students upon completing the course have gone on to senior roles within HR.
Graduate employability
After successful completion of the course you will become Chartered Members of the CIPD. Some candidates go on to gain Chartered Fellowship of the CIPD.
How do you study?
You are supported by a personal adviser as well as the support you will receive in the induction workshop. In addition you will be provided with a nationally acclaimed HR textbook, and have access to the resources of a first-class library with online access.
Inductions
This is not a taught course however candidates will have an opportunity to attend an induction workshop and a Management Research Report workshop.
Professional recognition
Nottingham Business School has an established reputation for providing high-quality CIPD courses and has been recognised as a Centre of Research Excellence by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) – one of just a handful in the UK. The School is one of the UK’s leading full-service business schools, providing a wide range of Business and Management education services for individuals and organisations. The School’s reputation within the international and global business world continues to go from strength to strength as a result of its consistent performance in terms of accreditation, student performance and research, and its impressive client base.
Resources and facilities
Nottingham Business School’s professional approach to management education is supported by a suite of state-of-the-art teaching rooms and the latest in communication and information technology. The School provides a high quality management learning environment, designed to encourage creative thinking about real world issues confronting managers and their organisations.