Development
Professional development
There are three areas of Professional Development addressed by the ABP:
- Training and qualifications
- Individual development
- Individual development within a company environment
1. Training and Qualifications
The ABP offers support through the difficult days and gruelling period of training. While it does not offer financial support, it will recommend training programmes run by academic institutions which are known to the Management Board. The Board welcomes feedback from any student and will discuss any training issues with the student with a view to improving the training and increasing the relevance of the qualifications regime.
2. Individual development
The ABP has a wide spread of members, and students and young working professionals will find that people to whom they are responsible are ABP members also. The ABP will work with companies to ensure that students or PiTs are given adequate opportunity to undergo personal development in a working environment.
3. Individual Development within a company environment
The emphasis today is very much on lifelong learning and encouraging the acquisition of further qualifications and experience. The ABP is developing ideas on lifelong learning and how additional qualifications and experience might be used to further an individual’s career. An example of this is a newly qualification Masters graduate, who has to wait five years before becoming accepted as a Principal Member. In the meantime the graduate will be offered appropriate advice, should he or she require it.