Chartered Member
Professional Review cycle
Each Professional Review cycle takes three months to complete (from application deadline to election decision). Keeping to this time frame requires both the applicant and the professional reviewers to stay on schedule. Dates for upcoming cycles are listed below.
Planning your application
- read the Stage 3: Professional Review guidance document carefully to check you have met all the requirements
- submit your application (as early as possible) before the deadline to allow time for administration checks1
- contact our membership team with any questions.
Process overview
- following the submission deadline, we will confirm that your application has been accepted and send you an interview date (subject to professional reviewer availability)
- the professional reviewers will assess your Competence and Commitment (C&C) Report
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- if your report is assessed as satisfactory, you will be sent further details about the interview (date, time, Microsoft Teams link etc)
- if assessed as unsatisfactory, the reviewers may ask you to revise your C&C report. If this happens, you will receive feedback via email on the changes needed so you can revise, re-verify, and return the C&C report within two weeks
- once a final decision has been made following the Virtual Election Panel meeting, we will let you know the outcome
- if successful, you will need to pay any outstanding fees (eg registration fees). A welcome letter, certificate and membership card will be sent in due course
- if unsuccessful, you will be sent detailed feedback for a future application.
1Although we aim to progress applications as quickly as possible, our processing capacity is dependent on the volume of applications received. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to include your application within a particular Professional Review cycle.
2It’s important that the two week deadline is met so your application can proceed within the relevant cycle. If the deadline is not met, your application may be closed; any application fees paid will not be refunded.
Cycle 2 – 2023
- application final submission deadline: 5 May 2023
- report revision*: 29 May–11 June 2023
- interview fortnight start date: 26 June 2023
- Virtual Election Panel meeting date: 2 August 2023
- outcome decision by 11 August 2023
*If required, revision will be requested on or around this date. You will be given two weeks to provide the revised report from the date of the request.
Cycle 3 – 2023
- application final submission deadline: 7 July 2023
- report revision*: 31 July–13 August 2023
- interview fortnight start date: 28 August 2023
- Virtual Election Panel meeting date: 4 October 2023
- outcome decision by 13 October 2023
*If required, revision will be requested on or around this date. You will be given two weeks to provide the revised report from the date of the request.
Cycle 4 – 2023
- application final submission deadline: 8 September 2023
- report revision*: 2–15 October 2023
- interview fortnight start date: 30 October 2023
- Virtual Election Panel meeting date: 6 December 2023
- outcome decision by 15 December 2023
*If required, revision will be requested on or around this date. You will be given two weeks to provide the revised report from the date of the request.
Cycle 1 - 2024
- application final submission deadline: 5 January 2024
- report revision*: 29 January–11 February 2024
- interview fortnight start date: 26 February 2024
- Virtual Election Panel meeting date: 3 April 2024
- outcome decision by 12 April 2024
*If required, revision will be requested on or around this date. You will be given two weeks to provide the revised report from the date of the request.
Cycle 2 - 2024
- application final submission deadline: 8 March 2024
- report revision*: 1–14 April 2024
- interview fortnight start date: 29 April 2024
- Virtual Election Panel meeting date: 5 June 2024
- outcome decision by 14 June 2024
*If required, revision will be requested on or around this date. You will be given two weeks to provide the revised report from the date of the request.
Cycle 3 - 2024
- application final submission deadline: 10 May 2024
- report revision*: 3–16 June 2024
- interview fortnight start date: 1 July 2024
- Virtual Election Panel meeting date: 7 August 2024
- outcome decision by 16 August 2024
*If required, revision will be requested on or around this date. You will be given two weeks to provide the revised report from the date of the request.
Cycle 4 - 2024
- application final submission deadline: 12 July 2024
- report revision*: 5–18 August 2024
- interview fortnight start date: 2 September 2024
- Virtual Election Panel meeting date: 9 October 2024
- outcome decision by 18 October 2024
*If required, revision will be requested on or around this date. You will be given two weeks to provide the revised report from the date of the request.
Cycle 5 - 2024
- application final submission deadline: 13 September 2024
- report revision*: 7–20 October 2024
- interview fortnight start date: 4 November 2024
- Virtual Election Panel meeting date: 11 December 2024
- outcome decision by 20 December 2024
*If required, revision will be requested on or around this date. You will be given two weeks to provide the revised report from the date of the request.
Please note that capacity is dependent on application volumes within a given Professional Review cycle. We therefore cannot guarantee inclusion within a particular cycle; however, we will always seek to progress applications in a timely manner as possible.