As a Licensed Body of the Science Council, the IBMS holds three professional registers: Chartered Scientist, Registered Scientist and Registered Science Technician. The Science Council recently introduced a CPD Award for the highest quality returns from the 2014 CPD audit of registrants. Therefore, the IBMS was pleased to learn that two registrants, Gordon Sutehall (CSci level) and Laura Green (RSciTech level), were invited to receive commendations at the Science Council annual CPD Monitoring workshop, held at the British Computer Society on 23 September 2015.
All Licensed Bodies were invited to nominate CPD returns that were either particularly outstanding, or that were most improved over the audit process. The Science Council received a breadth of nominations that showed the diverse nature of the work in which registrants are involved and the various ways they interact with their workplaces and communities to inspire other people.
Each Licensed Body was invited to nominate two registrants from each of their registers. All 27 nominations received were excellent examples of CPD in practice, which made it a real challenge for the judging panel to decide on the winners. It was decided that the judging panel would select one winner from each register, along with two or three commendations, which would then be taken to the CPD Learning Group for discussion and review, ensuring consistency and transparency.
The Science Council felt that the CPD commendations for Gordon and Laura should be granted owing to “a really strong example of good CPD; comprehensive, thorough and demonstrating a broad range of activity and engagement”.
www.ibms.org/go/practice-development