Building on years of experience in delivering recognised UK qualifications, IQN now offers independent CPD Certification Service. IQN’s proprietary LEAD standards ensure quality, transparency, and value.
IQN’s CPD Certification Service is designed to recognise and elevate the quality of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities across industries. With a focus on rigorous standards, affordability, and flexibility, our certification offers training providers an independent evaluation that ensures the value and relevance of their learning programmes.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a proactive approach to learning and development that enables individuals to continually enhance their skills, knowledge, and professional capabilities throughout their careers. CPD activities can range from formal education to informal learning opportunities. These activities help professionals maintain and improve their competence, stay current with industry trends, and progress in their careers. CPD can include:
CPD points, hours, and credits are ways to measure professional learning and training.
Please note that if your CPD activity lasts less than one hour, it is classified as a short activity and should be registered as MicroCPD.
While many leading CPD accreditation providers in the UK may not have formal approval from external authorities, IQN is deeply familiar with quality assurance systems in the UK. This is backed by the fact that our qualifications are SCQF credit rated, ensuring a robust and credible framework.
IQN has supported thousands of learners in collaboration with hundreds of providers over the past decade. Our experience and expertise make us a trusted partner for CPD certification.
We offer competitive and affordable CPD certification packages to suit the needs of small and large providers alike, ensuring value for money and easy access to certification.
As an IQN-approved CPD provider, you are authorised to display our branded logo on your marketing materials. This demonstrates your commitment to quality professional development, subject to our branding guidelines.
We provide a branded Certified CPD badge and logo, which can be added to the in-house certificates issued by you to your learners. This enhances the value of your learning programmes, subject to our branding guidelines.
IQN’s CPD certification is guided by our proprietary LEAD standards. This framework ensures your CPD activities are recognised for their quality and compliance with trusted benchmarks.
LEAD stands for four key criteria that uphold our commitment to quality. Our LEAD criteria include: Legal Compliance, Educational Excellence, Accountability & Transparency, and Development & Impact.
IQN assesses all CPD activities to ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards. We evaluate your CPD programmes to confirm they operate within the required legal framework, upholding a high level of professionalism.
Our educational excellence criteria assess that every CPD activity we certify delivers meaningful learning experiences, aligns with industry needs, and contributes to professionals' continuous development. This commitment means that learners acquire skills and knowledge that are both practical and valuable for advancing their careers.
We assess that all CPD providers clearly communicate the content, structure, and outcomes of their programmes. By being transparent in marketing and communication efforts, providers are required to build trust with their learners and other stakeholders. This transparency enhances credibility and ensures that learners receive accurate and reliable information about their CPD activities.
Our certification process evaluates CPD providers' focus on tracking learner progress, gathering and using feedback, and evaluating learning outcomes. This approach enables providers to align their programmes with learners' needs and effectively achieve the intended learning objectives.
Our CPD certification service offers flexible pricing to accommodate the needs of providers, whether you have a single CPD activity or multiple programmes. The following options are available:
For providers with more than 20 activities, we offer customised annual membership pricing. Contact us to discuss your specific needs.
IQN provides CPD accreditation across a wide range of industries and sectors. These include, but are not limited to:
Health and Social Care; Education and Training; Legal and Compliance; Finance and Accounting; Engineering and Construction; IT and Technology; Human Resources; Marketing and Sales; Project Management; Hospitality and Tourism; Public Sector and Government; Retail and Customer Service; Transport and Logistics; Environmental and Sustainability; Health and Safety; Manufacturing and Production; Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector; Leadership and Management
This diverse coverage ensures that professionals across various fields can benefit from our approved CPD programmes. However, IQN reserves the right to decline certification for any CPD activities that do not meet our rigorous standards or align with our ethical practices and areas of expertise.
The provider should review the LEAD Standards for CPD Certification thoroughly. Once the necessary documents have been prepared, they can proceed to submit their application online. We will provide support to the provider if any clarification is needed regarding the standards.
Upon receiving your complete application, we will review it within four weeks. If additional documents or clarifications are required, we will reach out to you during this period. Our team works collaboratively with providers to ensure full compliance with the LEAD Standards.
If your application meets our standards, you will receive a notification of approval. Upon approval, the membership fee must be paid according to the applicable payment band. Annual renewal fee will also be applicable at the anniversary.
IQN’s CPD Certification Service provides independent approval for CPD programmes, assessed against our proprietary LEAD standards. Our CPD certification service, like that of other leading CPD accreditation providers in the UK, operates without approval from any external regulatory authority. CPD providers are responsible for ensuring their CPDs meet any additional local or industry-specific requirements. IQN is registered in Labuan, Malaysia, and operates independently. IQN distinguishes itself through its extensive expertise in the UK’s quality assurance systems, further reinforced by the credit rating of our UK qualifications under the SCQF framework.
Take the next step in enhancing your CPD offerings and join a network of trusted, approved providers with IQN.
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