The journey from application to credential
How it works.
The path is the same shape at every tier, with depth varying by pathway. There are no short cuts; there is also no padding. You spend your time on the work, not on coursework about the work.
Six steps
- Apply. Tell us about your experience and your intended pathway. Applications are reviewed against the entry criteria for each tier.
- Enrol. Once you accept your offer, you join your cohort and meet your Faculty mentor.
- Learn. Self-paced units delivered through the learning environment, organised around the VOICE cycle and the five BoK domains.
- Practise. A live capstone — a real (or, where necessary, simulated) listening programme — run on pindrop. Your work is supervised; your evidence accumulates.
- Submit and defend. You submit the capstone portfolio. CEXP and MEXP candidates also defend their work live before a panel.
- Be credentialled. On a successful pass, you join the public register at ex.expert and the use of the post-nominal becomes yours.
Mentoring
Every candidate has a Faculty mentor. AEXP candidates receive asynchronous review at key checkpoints. CEXP candidates work with an MEXP mentor across their full programme. MEXP candidates work with the Faculty Panel and supervise CEXP candidates as part of their own credential.
The platform
Most candidates demonstrate practice on pindrop, the listening platform recognised by the Institute. The credential is the practitioner's, not the platform's; future cohorts may demonstrate practice on additional supported platforms.