Education director’s message to graduands
How time flies by, you have received your final result and we are here today to celebrate your success and to receive the cheers and applause from your fellow students, friends, family, supporters and colleagues. We would take this opportunity to offer you our sincere congratulations on your success. The award you have received today is an indication of your personal and professional success. The CIPP is proud to have helped you towards this achievement – and help you for the future. Of course the success you have achieved would not be possible without the dedicated support of your tutors who, as well as facilitating your learning journey, have shared their industry experience to enable you to succeed. Graduands, you are here in your own right as a qualified payroll or pensions professional, which proves that you have attained a professional standard of skills and knowledge. We are well aware that it was not easy for many of you and you have spent many hours poring over your material and completing the research required to complete your assignments – but if it had been easy would you now value your success? As always it is the challenge that makes success valuable. Are you able to recall the feelings you had at the beginning of your studies? How confident were you about what you were undertaking? How difficult was it for you to walk through the door to attend that first module review/contact day or indeed your first tutorial session? As you look back on your experiences, as you progressed through your studies you became better equipped for the challenges ahead.
Remember this is just the start – it is the beginning of a new phase in your professional career and not necessarily the end of your learning journey. Our profession has always demanded up-to-date technical knowledge and awareness of things to come, make sure you maintain your knowledge and skills, remember to complete your CPD and stay involved with the CIPP as an active member in order to have access to its network facilities, maybe even turn your hand to tutoring and pass on your experiences and help to develop others to reach their goal! Don’t forget that learning is a life long experience; it doesn’t have to stop here. If you are wondering what to do next you could consider taking things a step further by embarking on the BA (Hons) top up in Applied Business and Management or the dizzy heights of the Master of Science in Business and Reward Management.
Once again, please accept our warmest congratulations on achieving your qualification.
Elaine Gibson MSc FCIPP MCMI FHEA Education director, CIPP
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