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The Society has published new guidance documents for Chartered Geographer, following a review with input and guidance from the Chartered Geographer Committee.
Chartered Geographer accreditation recognises competence, experience and professionalism in the use of geographical knowledge, understanding and skills in the workplace, and a commitment to maintaining professional expertise through Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
As the professional body for geography, the Society regularly undertakes reviews and we benchmark our practices against other accreditation schemes to ensure our processes are fair and transparent, and our guidance is as clear and helpful as it can be.
Following the latest review, we have published new guidance documents which encompass three key changes.
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Renaming (and reframing) of the Professional Self-Evaluation as the Professional Impact Statement. This statement is intended to remain reflective, aligned to the framework of competences that underpin the accreditation, and there is now more emphasis on making explicit their impact professionally within as well as beyond the organisation in which they work.
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Our Guidance to Assessors now further emphasises in particular the importance of an applicant’s commitment to continuing professional development but recognises differences in opportunity, and documenting professional engagement.
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Refinement of the assessment process. Chartered Geographer remains a rigorous two step peer review process. However, we are now creating one pool of assessors, rather than differentiating those who do the first round or the second round of assessments, with clearer statements on expectations at each stage.
All applications currently in review will be evaluated in accordance with the guidance when they were submitted.
If you have any questions about the scheme or the changes proposed, please contact CGeog@rgs.org.
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