Why revalidate?

By undertaking Professional Registration, you’ve already shown your commitment to improving your professional knowledge. One way to demonstrate your ongoing commitment is to revalidate your CILIP Certification, Chartership or Fellowship and ensure you get the professional recognition you deserve for keeping your skills up-to-date and staying in touch with the latest developments in the profession.

Revalidation is voluntary, but if you’ve had a career break or changed sectors, revalidating your Professional Registration demonstrates to employers and potential employers that you are in touch with your profession and committed to your professional development.

How to revalidate

Revalidating is free and you can do it annually. All you need is to complete 20 hours of CPD and reflect on how your annual CPD has developed your skills and knowledge to meet the assessment criteria for the level of Professional Registration you have. Overall, all three criteria must be covered within your 20+ hours, i.e. for each criterion some CPD activity must be shown. For example, you could have 10 hours CPD relating to criterion 1, 4 hours relating to criterion 2, and 6 hours relating to criterion 3.

Certification Assessment Criteria
Chartership Assessment Criteria
Fellowship Assessment Criteria

Knowledge Management Chartership Assessment Criteria
Knowledge Management Fellowship Assessment Criteria

We have produced a template for you to use for your revalidation. Please download the one for your type of professional registration and complete it.

Professional Registration Revalidation Template

Knowledge Management Professional Registration Revalidation Template

Make sure that you save your completed revalidation submission following the file naming conventions outlined in the template E.g.

Firstname-lastname-Certification-revalidation-year
E.g. Jo-Bloggs-Certification-revalidation-2019

Firstname-lastname-Chartership-revalidation-year
E.g. Jo-Bloggs-Chartership-revalidation-2019

Firstname-lastname-Fellowship-revalidation-year
E.g. Jo-Bloggs-Fellowship-revalidation-2019

Submit your revalidation using the online form as a .doc or .docx file. You will receive an auto-generated reply and then a personal acknowledgement from CILIP staff. 
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Remember that reading a professional publication, talking about professional issues with a colleague and engaging on social media are all valid CPD activities - as well as attending a formal training course or a conference. If you have previously revalidated, the feedback you received will be very useful for preparing your new revalidation submission.

All CILIP members already complete more than 20 hours of CPD in a year, so by revalidating, you will get professional recognition for doing so!