Pro bono work could count towards qualification - CII

Laura Miller
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The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) says pro bono work may in the future exist as a course module that could count towards a qualification.

In its report 'Everybody wins: Pro bono work as a hallmark of the professional', it outlines how voluntary work should be considered "as important as passing exams". It says stakeholders could offer pro bono work over a set period of time as a voluntary course module that could count towards a qualification. Implementation, it says, may be along the lines of what is done in accounting degree programmes at some UK universities. The awarding body would maintain lists of pro bono or volunteering schemes, to which registered practitioners are referred with an agreed terms of reference ...

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