Form SC1 INT
Registered international study centre application form.
To be completed by Study Centres based outside the UK wishing to be registered as a
CIPS International Study Centre.
(Guidance notes are provided alongside each section of this form. Please make sure you read them carefully –
incomplete forms will not be processed and will be returned to the sender.)
Applicant to complete this side
International Provider Conditions
i.
CIPS Registered International Study Centres may only operate in the
country or region specified when the centre first registers with CIPS. If
your centre wishes to extend its provision to new countries or regions
you must complete a new application form. [See below Sections 1 & 7:
INT2]
ii.
You must not use or display any part of the official CIPS logo or crest
on your publicity, marketing or course materials. Any letter or
certificate of registration supplied by CIPS is for display purposes on
your premises, and not for use in marketing or website material.
iii.
You must not imply, on any publicity, marketing or course materials,
that your centre is ‘approved’ or ‘accredited’ by CIPS, or that your
centre is an agent or representative of CIPS.
iv.
You must at all times meet the criteria set out in Section 7, provide
evidence of this to CIPS prior to registration, and subsequently when
asked by CIPS as part of our monitoring activity.
v.
You must renew your registration each year, and complete an Annual
Report, which must be returned it to CIPS within the time period
specified.
vi.
You must gather personal information about your learners as required
by CIPS, keep all such information confidential, and not release it to
third parties.
vii.
You must comply with any reasonable monitoring activity carried out
by CIPS and deal promptly with any actions arising from monitoring.
viii.
Any breach of these conditions will result in withdrawal of registration
by CIPS.
ix.
CIPS reserves the right to withdraw its association with your centre if
we believe that further association with your centre would be
detrimental to CIPS’ reputation.
x.
By signing the declaration in Section 3 you accept and agree to these
conditions of registration.
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Guidance notes – please read
carefully
Condition ii: You must not under
any circumstances display the CIPS
logo on any of your marketing
materials or on your website. If
you breach this condition we may
withdraw
your
registration
immediately.
Condition vii: CIPS reserves the
right to carry out an audit, or other
monitoring procedures, to check
on the continued validity of the
evidence and information provided
with this application. This will be
done either as a desktop exercise
or by making an audit visit* to the
study centre. The decision as to
which kind of monitoring will be
undertaken will be made on the
basis of
 the quality of information
supplied with the application
 any conditions imposed at the
time of centre registration
 success rates of your
candidates
 candidate or other feedback
received by CIPS
 the promptness and accuracy
of information subsequently
provided to CIPS to meet our
requirements.
*Please note that there will be a
fee for such visits, plus reasonable
air travel and accommodation costs
for the duration of the visit.
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Applicant to complete this side
1.
Guidance notes – please read
carefully
Study centre details
Name and business
applicant/company:
address
of
Physical address for delivery of
resource materials:
Postal or Zip code:
International telephone number
Postal or Zip code:
Fax number
Email address
Website address
Country/countries in which CIPS
qualifications will be offered
1.
2.
2.
Contact details
Head of Organisation
Name:
Contact person for CIPS
communication/administration etc
Name:
Tel:
Email:
Your address
Please note that we cannot deliver
resource materials to a PO Box
address. In order for us to send you
the teaching resources (study
packs) you will need, you must
provide us with a physical address
to which parcels can be delivered.
See section 7. You must supply a
National Certificate of Registration
for each country or state in which
you intend to offer CIPS
qualifications, showing that your
organisation is an accredited
provider there.
‘Head of Organisation’ is the
owner, principal, proprietor or
head of the company making the
application. This person must add
their name to the declaration in
Section 3.
Date of application
3.
Declaration
(To be made by the principal/head of centre or proprietor of the
institution/company)
As the authorised representative of this centre, I declare that the information
contained in this application is correct, and agree that if accepted as a CIPS
Registered International Study Centre this centre will be fully compliant with
the International Provider Conditions (on page 1), and the policies, rules and
regulations governing the qualifications and awards of CIPS.
- We will take note of any revisions, amendments or additional guidelines
issued by CIPS from time to time.
- We will send an Annual Report to CIPS on the centre’s activity using the
template provided for this purpose
- We will renew our registration annually using the form supplied by CIPS.
If accepted, this application will form the agreement between the centre
(including any Satellite Centres) and CIPS, and the centre will submit an
updated application if there are changes to the information contained in this
document.
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Annual Report
Once accepted as a Registered
International Study Centre, you will
be required to send an Annual
Report to CIPS each year using the
report form on CIPS website (SC
Form 8 INT). Please note that we
use your Annual Reports, as well as
other quality monitoring
information, to determine whether
we will renew your registration as a
CIPS study centre.
Renewing your registration
Study Centre Registration must be
renewed annually. There is a short
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Applicant to complete this side
Guidance notes – please read
carefully
Renewal Form on CIPS website for
this purpose.
It is not necessary for the
declaration to be signed in writing.
By adding the name of the
‘authorised person’, your centre is
entering into an agreement with
CIPS as set out here, once your
registration is complete.
Name of authorised person:
(Principal/Head of Centre/Proprietor)
Role or job title:
Date:
4.
Please indicate which CIPS programmes you intend to offer.
CIPS
qualifications
I wish to
offer the
following
()
Planned
start
date
CIPS Certificate in
Procurement and
Supply Operations
CIPS Advanced
Certificate in
Procurement and
Supply Operations
CIPS Diploma in
Procurement and
Supply
CIPS Advanced
Diploma in
Procurement and
Supply
CIPS Professional
Diploma in
Procurement and
Supply
5.
Expected
number of
learners
this year
Study modes
(please tick ()those that apply)
Full-time study
Part-time day
Part-time evening
Distance learning
E-learning
Flexible
Full-time study
Part-time day
Part-time evening
Distance learning
E-learning
Flexible
Full-time study
Part-time day
Part-time evening
Distance learning
E-learning
Flexible
Full-time study
Part-time day
Part-time evening
Distance learning
E-learning
Flexible
Full-time study
Part-time day
Part-time evening
Distance learning
E-learning
Flexible
Please provide details of how your staff team meets CIPS
requirements. (See Section 7: INT3 for the evidence we require you to send us about
the people named in this section)
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Study modes
It helps prospective students if they
know the options you offer for
studying CIPS programmes. The
most common study modes are
listed in this column – please tick or
underline the modes you offer, and
we will add this information to
your listing on CIPS website once
you are registered with us.
If you are unsure about your start
date, or the expected number of
learners,
please
give
an
approximate date/number.
Tutor qualifications
This is an essential requirement for
registration as a CIPS study centre
– if you cannot meet our
requirements then we cannot
accept your registration. Please see
Section 7 for more details.
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Applicant to complete this side
Name of tutor(s)
meeting this
requirement
Essential
requirement
State if MCIPS. If
not, give full title of
their relevant
qualification
Awarding
organisation &
country
Procurement specialist: must have
either MCIPS, or a degree in
procurement. For any other
qualifications claimed we require a
transcript of the modules covered.
You must have at
least one tutor with
a university degreelevel qualification in
procurement and
supply or supply
chain management.
ii.
Essential
requirement
Name of tutor(s)
meeting this
requirement
i.
You must have at
least one tutor with
a recognised
teaching
qualification.
6.
Guidance notes – please read
carefully
Full title of their
teaching
qualification
Awarding
organisation &
country
Teaching specialist: must have a
teaching qualification recognised in
the country of origin. We require
the full name of the qualification.
i.
ii.
Please indicate any experience you have of working with other UK
professional bodies and teaching their qualifications.
Awarding
Body
Date
approved
to offer
courses
Course(s) Offered
Number of
learners on
course last
year
Number of
learners on
course this
year
It is not essential to complete this
section, but it helps your
application if you can show that
you are already an accredited
provider of qualifications from
other awarding bodies.
If your Centre has been refused registration or approval, or approval was
withdrawn, please state the name of Awarding Body and the reason for
refusal/withdrawal and date:
Please go to Section 7 on next page
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7.
YOUR EVIDENCE: CIPS criteria for Registered International Study Centres
In order to be accepted as a CIPS Registered International Study Centre,
you must send us supporting information/evidence to show that you meet
the criteria listed below (INT1 to INT7).
CIPS will assess the evidence you provide before accepting or rejecting your
application. Please make sure that you include all the evidence listed below
– CIPS cannot process your application unless all the required evidence is
provided.
Criterion
Evidence (to be sent to CIPS)
INT1. The Study Centre 1.1 Statement explaining why you
has a sound rationale
are applying to become a CIPS
for offering CIPS
Registered International Study
programmes
Centre.
Reference
Criterion
INT2. The Study
Centre is recognised
by national
government or state
authorities to offer
education/training in
the named country/
countries.
Evidence (to be sent to CIPS)
2.1 Copy of National Certificate of
Registration for each country/state
named in Section 1, showing that
your organisation is an accredited
provider in the country/state in
which you are applying to operate.
Criterion
INT3. There is a
suitably qualified
teaching team in place
Evidence (to be sent to CIPS)
Reference
3.1 An up-to-date CV for each
member of the teaching team
(including those named in Section
5) which shows their professional
and teaching qualifications:
 At least one tutor must have
a university degree-level
qualification in procurement/
supply chain management
(preferably CIPS).
 At least one tutor must have
a recognised teaching
qualification.
3.2 Copies of the certificates for all the
qualifications mentioned above.
3.3 List of which unit(s) each member
of the team will be teaching.
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Reference
Do not use the ‘Reference’ column
in Section 7 to tell us about what
you do - use this column for the
name and page number of the
document or other evidence you
are sending, so that we can identify
the evidence you want us to look
at.
All of your evidence documents
should be sent separately, either as
electronic files or paper copies.
INT 1. Rationale
Tell us why your study centre is
needed in your area, and about
the market you will supply.
Use the Reference column to give us
the name of the file or document
you have included as evidence for
this.
INT 2.
A National Certificate of
Registration tells us that you are
approved or licensed to operate
as an accredited training provider
in your country/region.
Use the Reference column to give us
the name of the file or document
you have included as evidence for
this.
INT 3.
We asked you for the names of
some of your tutors in Section 5.
We now need evidence of the full
team’s qualifications, as set out in
3.1 and 3.2.
Every CIPS Registered International
Study Centre must have a qualified
teacher attached to the teaching
team. This is so that we (and you)
can be confident that CIPS tutors
are not just subject experts, but are
also able to teach effectively. The
qualified teacher must observe the
other tutor(s), and provide written
feedback after each observation.
Use the Reference column to give us
the name of the file or document
you have included as evidence for
this.
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Criterion
INT4. Staff and
learners have
sufficient command of
English to be able to
cope with CIPS study
resources and
examination papers
Evidence (to be sent to CIPS)
4.1 Show that each member of your
teaching team has fluent English.
This can be (a) in their CV, or (b) in
a statement from you saying that
you have checked and can confirm
this.
4.2 Statement describing how you
assess that your learners have
sufficient ability to read and write
in English before you accept them
on to CIPS programmes.
Reference
Criterion
INT5. Suitable learning
resources are
available
Evidence (to be sent to CIPS)
5.1 If you are not using CIPS resources,
provide samples of the study
materials you will be using for CIPS
programmes.
5.2 List of the library/other learning
resources available for use by your
learners
5.3 List or description of the IT
facilities available for use by your
learners
Reference
Criterion
INT6. The Study
Centre has
arrangements in place
for gathering and
using learner
feedback.
Evidence (to be sent to CIPS)
6.1 Example of forms used to obtain
feedback from your learners.
6.2 Statement describing how you use
this learner feedback for
continuous improvement
Reference
Criterion
INT7. The Study
Centre ensures a good
standard of
teaching/lecturing.
Evidence (to be sent to CIPS)
7.1 See INT3 above: List of teaching
team members who have a
recognised teaching qualification.
7.2 Your procedure for monitoring the
quality of your teaching team, and
giving them feedback to enable
them to improve.
Reference
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INT 4.
CIPS examinations and all study
materials are presented in
English. It is important that tutors
and learners have sufficient
command of English to be able to
succeed in delivering and
achieving CIPS qualifications. Tell
us how you check on this, for
tutors (4.1) and learners (4.2)
Use the Reference column to give us
the name and page number of the
file or document you have included
as evidence for this.
INT 5.
If you intend to use CIPS resources
please tick the Reference column
against 5.1.
If you are developing your own
resources use the Reference
column to give us the name and
page number of the file or
document you have included as
evidence for 5.1.
Use the Reference column to give us
the name and page number of the
file or document you have included
as evidence for 5.2 and 5.3
INT 6.
A feedback form (6.1) is not
sufficient on its own. Tell us how
you use feedback to continuously
improve your provision for CIPS
learners (6.2).
Use the Reference column to give us
the name and page number of the
file or document you have included
as evidence.
INT 7.
Tell us about how you check that
your tutors are doing a good job,
especially those who do not hold a
teaching qualification, as they need
careful monitoring and support to
satisfy you that they can get their
subject across to learners.
Use the Reference column to give us
the name and page number of the
file or document you have included
as evidence for 5.2 and 5.3
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8.
CIPS Registered International Study Centres: centre profile
Learner
Language
-English is first language of your learners
-English is second language of your learners
Staff/Tutor/
Lecturer
Language
Provider type
-English is first language of tutors
-English is second language of tutors
Potential
market
Tuition
-University
-Further/Tertiary/Adult Education College (postcompulsory education)
-Large Training Provider
-Private College/Small Training Provider/Sole
Trader
-You already know there is demand for CIPS
programmes in your area/region/country
-You are investigating the level of need or demand
for CIPS programmes
-You are not aware of demand for CIPS
programmes, but you have a strategy for
marketing them, and have a budget for this.
-You offer classroom based teaching with day-today access to tutorial support
-You offer off-site classroom-based tuition, but
offer no support out of class hours
-Distance learning with tutorial/workshops
-Distance or e-learning only
Expertise in
the field of
Procurement
& Supply
Management
and teaching
-Majority of your teaching team are MCIPS and
have recognised teaching qualifications
-At least one member of your teaching team has a
university degree-level qualification in
Procurement or Supply Chain Management (may
be MCIPS), and at least one member has a
teaching qualification. Other team members are
available.
- One person has the required university degreelevel qualification in Procurement or Supply Chain
Management and a teaching qualification, but the
remainder of team are not yet known, or are
subject to change.
Expertise in
-The team has extensive experience of delivering a
offering
range of professional qualifications for one or
other
more awarding bodies
(professional) -The team has experience of delivering training in
qualifications professional area(s), not leading to qualifications.
-The team has experience of delivering other
qualifications, but is new to (or has limited
experience of) delivering professional
qualifications
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Please tick one statement only in
each box in Section 8.
Choose the statement that most
closely matches the situation at
your centre.
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Please send your completed application form, and ALL supporting evidence to:
enm@cips.org
or by post to
Networks Administrator (International)
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
Easton House
Easton on the Hill
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 3NZ
UK
Telephone:
+44 (0) 1780 756777
Fax:
+44 (0) 1780 751610
www.cips.org
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Electronic applications
An electronic copy of the
application form together with all
the supporting documentation
should be sent to CIPS in a zipped
file to allow easy access to the
material online. The title of
supporting evidence (such as policy
documents, guides, handbooks,
curriculum brochures and web
links) should be inserted in the
right-hand column of section 6
against the relevant criterion, and a
list of all the documents you are
submitting should be provided in
case of non-delivery. Please ensure
that you have supplied all the
required documents – processing of
your application cannot begin until
CIPS has all the information
requested in connection with your
application.
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