PFS partners with learning company to inspire next generation of advisers

Target five colleges first

Sophie King
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The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has teamed up with education company Pearson to help encourage the next generation into a career in financial advice.

Pearson's BTEC qualification in business is now recognised by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) as a level three qualification that can act as a bridge to the PFS's qualifications, such as CF1. The recognition means 15,000 students studying the BTEC will learn how they could go on to study to enter the personal finance profession. In the next academic year the PFS and Pearson will run a scheme pilot in which they will target five colleges with around 400 students with information on how they can take their BTEC qualification, complete other CII examinations, and get a job in the...

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