Becoming Chartered by the Institute

Professional Standards

These procedures are organised into sections. Use the quick click menu option to jump to the section you require. The majority of the documents are in Microsoft Word or PDF formats. If you cannot access a document, please contact the Professional Development team by e-mail - cpd@iop.org.

CPD and CSci monitoring policies have been significantly updated as of May 2008. (n/b link to section 13 when done) CEng interview guidance was updated in January 2007 following advice from ECUK.

Section 1 - Membership and Qualifications Board

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• Terms of Reference

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Section 2 - Professional Standards Committee

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• Professional Standards Committee Terms of Reference

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Section 3 - CEng Panel

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• CEng Panel Terms of Reference
• Use of the EC(UK) Liaison Officer
• Guidance for the CEng Panel
• Assessing CEng applications
• ECUK License (January 2005 - January 2009)

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Section 4 - ACTS Panel and Documents

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• ACTS Panel Terms of Reference
• Procedures for Staff and the ACTS Panel
• Flowchart of the procedures for Staff and the ACTS Panel
• ACTS Application Guidelines
• ACTS Interim Visit Guidelines
• ACTS Application Form
• ACTS Application Form Guidelines
• Guidance for ACTS panel members

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Section 5 - CPhys Panel

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• CPhys Panel Terms of Reference
• Guidance for the CPhys Panel
• Assessing CPhys applications

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Section 6 - Fellowship Panel

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• Fellowship Panel Terms of Reference
• Guidance for the Fellowship Panel
• Assessing FInstP applications

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Section 7 - CSci Panel

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• CSci Panel Terms of Reference
• Guidance for the CSci Panel
• Assessing CSci applications

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Section 8 - Institute Forms

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• Fellow application and guidance notes
• CPhys application form and guidance notes
• CSci application form and guidance notes
• CEng application form and guidance notes
• Guidance on Responsible Experience
• MEng equivalence interview form
• CEng Professional Review interview form
• CEng Professional Review interview form (without an accredited degree)
• CSci Masters equivalence interview form
• CSci Professional Review interview form

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Section 9 - Procedural Documents

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• CPhys procedures
• CSci procedures (with an accredited degree)
• CSci procedures (without an accredited degree)
• CEng procedures (non standard route with an accredited degree)
• CEng procedures (non standard route without an accredited degree)
• Identifying the technical report gap

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Section 10 - Guidance for Interviewers

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• CEng PRI guidance to interviewers (for candidates with an accredited degree)
• CEng PRI guidance to interviewers (for candidates without an accredited degree)
• Assessing MEng equivalence

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Section 11 - Appeals Procedure

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• Appeals procedure for CSci
• Appeals procedure for CEng
• Appeals procedure for CPhys
• Appeals procedure for FInstP

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Section 12 - Internal Audits for CEng

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• Internal audit procedures
• 2006-7 internal audit

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Section 13 - CPD

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• CPD policy
• CPD monitoring for CSci
• Reflection for CPD

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Section 14 - Degree Accreditation Committee

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