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Healthcare, FinTech, education — every industry thinks its CPD challenges are unique. But scratch the surface and the problems look the same: proving learning, keeping it relevant, and making recognition portable. This CPD Perspectives article explores how lifelong learning challenges are shared across sectors — and why recognising that matters for building stronger learning cultures.
Most LMS platforms issue certificates, but they’re fragile, tied to the software, and often lost when jobs or suppliers change. They track attendance but don’t provide lasting, portable recognition of learning. This CPD Perspectives article explains why LMS certificates aren’t enough — and why CPD needs transparency, outcomes, and verifiable records learners can carry forward.
Chasing CPD points and certificates might keep regulators happy, but it doesn’t always advance your career. This CPD Perspectives article explores the shift from ticking boxes to building a professional portfolio — one that captures your learning, demonstrates relevance, and turns CPD into real career capital you can use in CVs, interviews, and appraisals.
Doctors and pilots need gatekeepers. But most training isn’t medicine or aviation. Outside regulated fields, accreditation quickly becomes bureaucracy for its own sake — adding cost, risk, and even threatening intellectual property. This CPD Perspectives article argues that transparency, not gatekeeping, is the only credible way forward — making self-accreditation inevitable.
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