Society of Professional Economists’ Professional Development programme
The demand for applying the knowledge and skills of economists to the practical challenges facing our society has never been greater. As the breadth and depth of the discipline of Economics has expanded, however, it has become increasingly difficult for professional economists to stay abreast of the latest and most cutting-edge developments of economic theory and practice.
Accordingly, in 2018 the Society of Professional Economists launched a offer a valuable service to its members by providing, in addition to the regular monthly speaker meetings and the highly successful Master Class programme, an insightful and well-structured Continuous Professional Development programme.
This initiative is designed to benefit all members – and not just those in the early stages of their careers – by enabling them to refresh and augment their knowledge and skills as economic practitioners.
The courses comprising the Continuous Professional Development programme will consist of high-quality updates on areas of Economics judged as likely to be of most interest to members and will be designed to be of practical use rather than merely academic. Furthermore, it is planned to build the programme to support a professional competency certificate which will be recognised by employers of economists.
The Continuous Professional Development programme
For further information on, please email specourses@economicsense.co.uk
The Masterclass in Business Economics programme
Our highly successful Masterclass in Business Economics programme was first launched in April 2008 and has been delivered on a regular basis ever since.
Intended to supplement our early evening, monthly speaker meetings, the Masterclass sessions are held at lunchtime and generally last 1 ½ hours. Each session affords members the opportunity to improve their knowledge and skills by hearing a distinguished expert address a specific subject likely to be of interest to business economists with a particular emphasis upon bringing everybody up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.
The diverse range of subjects covered in recent years has included macro-economic and financial modelling, scenario planning, behavioural economics and finance, transport economics, competition policy, climate change and economic lessons of the 1930s.
Each session concludes with Q&A and members are also encouraged to give feedback and suggestions for future topics and speakers.
These sessions also provide the opportunity to meet other SBE members and professional accreditation is given for attendance if required.