Economic impact assessment of the CCPMO: Final report - CIPD

Section 2
Overview of the CCPMO
Table 2: Students undertaking CCPMO qualifications, by region
CIMA CIPS CMI CIPD ICSA 1
East Midlands 4% 3% 4% 7% 4%
East of England 8% 5% 9% NA 13%
London 4% 5% 12% 13% 25%
North East 2% 1% 6% 10% 2%
North West 8% 6% 10% 10% 8%
South East 14% 7% 17% 24% 17%
South West 5% 2% 9% 6% 11%
West Midlands 5% 3% 10% 7% 7%
Yorkshire and the Humber 5% 4% 8% NA 6%
Northern Ireland 1% 1% 2% 3% 2%
Scotland 3% 3% 5% 7% 4%
Wales 1% 2% 3% 3% 2%
Non-UK 40% 59% 4% 10% NA
1 ICSA data includes UK-based members and students only
Note: There were some differences in the geographic areas used by different organisations, and hence
figures should be treated as indicative only.
Source: London Economics based on CCPMO data.
It is important to note that the qualifications offered by the professional
organisations are generally “open access” and provide opportunity to all – so
that even individuals who have relatively low levels of prior qualification
attainment are able to progress to the highest qualification levels, and
ultimately achieve membership of the professional bodies (combined with
professional experience).
Information provided by the CCPMO indicates that prior educational
achievement of those undertaking professional qualifications varies
considerably 10 . Although between 20% and 50% of individuals have previous
qualifications at degree level or higher, there is a substantial proportion of
individuals in possession of qualifications at either Level 2 (i.e. 5 or more
GCSEs) or Level 3 (i.e. 2 or more A-Levels). Notably, in the case of the ICM,
10 This discussion is based on data provided by the CIMA, the CIPD and the ICM.
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