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Bespoke courses

CIPFA Education and Training Centre is able to develop bespoke courses for the CIPFA Professional qualification. This can take a number of forms, for example:

a tuition programme aimed solely at one exam sitting, eg December rather than the usual June and December sittings
a programme that involves fewer or differently phased contact days compared to our traditional day/block release and revision course models
a tuition programme developed to meet an organisation's, or group of organisations, specific course design needs
a programme that meets the needs of employers and students in a particular part of the UK, typically a region where regular attendance at a CETC venue for a main day/block release course is not feasible

A bespoke tuition programme currently operates at CETC South East, designed in conjunction with KPMG and Grant Thornton, whereby the exams for all Certificate and Diploma modules are taken by students in the December sitting, but qualification still typically takes 3 years. This programme can be joined by students employed by other organisations. Over a number of years exam pass rates have been excellent for this programme, typically between 90-100% for each module.

Previously CIPFA Education and Training Centre designed a bespoke in-house programme for the Department for Work and Pensions in Leeds, a programme also joined by locally based students from the Audit Commission and some local authorities in the region.

CIPFA Education and Training Centre are also looking to develop a bespoke tuition model for areas of the UK where students are unable to travel on a regular basis to one of CETC's fixed course locations. This programme is likely to involve a blend of face to face tuition and some online distance tuition, and is expected to be launched in February 2011 for some modules for CIPFA students based in South West England, with face to face tuition expected to be offered in Exeter.