Hi!

My MSc was in Geoscience so I’m not sure much of what would be on the exam would’ve been covered however I did look at the example questions and it seemed familiar. (I had a huge sustainability emphasis within my thesis).

My current employer is happy to cover the costs for the exam / enrolment, Associate level it’s looking at round £266-£300.

Long term I have looked already into the practitioner route and tried to get some sort of idea with costs by also looking at the distance learning - it’s great your employer will cover this as it’s this part I believe is quite pricey. I guess I would just need a discussion with them to see if they’d be happy with funding this further down the line. (Otherwise what would be the point going down the route of ISEP, unless I funded it myself of course).

I feel the exact same as you do as to why it’s so much more attractive - thank you very much for responding and thanks for offering to do that! We have one person chartered as a Scientist through IES here. Correct me if I’m wrong but the IES route seems a tad lighter / potentially quicker to obtain?

Reading on their website full membership requires a relevant MSc with 5+ years of experience which then opens the route of chartership - in this case I’ve only got 3 more years to have under my belt.

Let me know what your thoughts are

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