Quilter Financial Adviser School hits 400th graduate

Average age 31 with 32% female

Jenna Brown
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Some 400 students have graduated from the Quilter Financial Adviser School and joined the profession.

Out of the 400 graduates, 371 left with the full Level 4 Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA), 42 gained the Certificate in Mortgage Advice & Practice (CeMAP) and 165 got both qualifications. The average age of the school's students is 31 with about a third are female. The advice school is open to everyone and the Level 4 programme does not require any prior financial services experience. Graduates come from all walks of life and include people at the start of their careers and people who have changed careers later in life. Previous students have included ex-professional sportspeopl...

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