Individual Membership
Recognising professional knowledge, experience, responsibility and leadership in continuing education and lifelong learning through four membership grades.
Find Your Professional Membership Grade
CACE offers four individual membership grades reflecting different levels of academic qualification, professional experience, responsibility and contribution. Explore the grade that best reflects your professional standing.
Associateship
Diploma, advanced diploma or comparable professional experience.
Graduateship
Bachelor's degree or developing professional and middle-management responsibility.
Membership
Master's degree and substantial professional or managerial responsibility.
Fellowship
Doctoral qualification or comparable senior professional standing and contribution.
Explore Membership Requirements
Each membership grade reflects the professional knowledge, capabilities and responsibilities typically demonstrated at that level.
Associateship
Associateship is intended for diploma or advanced diploma holders, or individuals with comparable professional experience, who are developing practical responsibility in continuing education or a related field.
An ACCE member would typically be able to:
- Apply relevant knowledge and practical skills in defined educational or professional settings.
- Support the delivery and coordination of continuing education activities.
- Work independently within established procedures and take responsibility for assigned tasks.
- Communicate effectively with learners, colleagues and other stakeholders.
- Review their own practice and identify priorities for further professional development.
Graduateship
Graduateship is intended for bachelor's degree holders, or individuals who are developing professional or middle-management responsibility in continuing education or a related field.
A GCCE member would typically be able to:
- Apply specialised knowledge in educational or professional settings.
- Coordinate continuing education activities, programmes or projects.
- Take responsibility for defined areas of work and support the work of others.
- Contribute to the planning and implementation of organisational or educational change.
- Evaluate how professional development influences organisational and educational practice.
Membership
Membership is intended for experienced professionals and managers who hold substantial responsibility in continuing education or a related field, with a master's degree qualification.
An MCCE member would typically be able to:
- Undertake senior management or advanced professional responsibilities.
- Analyse complex issues and make informed, independent judgements.
- Translate organisational and educational objectives into practical plans and priorities.
- Lead teams, programmes or projects within an area of responsibility.
- Evaluate different perspectives, approaches and professional practices to support improvement.
Fellowship
Fellowship is CACE's senior professional membership grade. It is intended for experienced leaders who have demonstrated strategic responsibility and made a sustained contribution to continuing education or lifelong learning.
Applicants would normally hold an academic or professional doctorate. Those without a doctoral qualification may demonstrate comparable professional standing through extensive senior leadership, advanced practice and sustained contribution to the field.
An FCCE member would typically be able to:
- Provide strategic or professional leadership within an organisation, sector or specialist field.
- Develop and communicate a clear organisational or educational vision.
- Apply advanced knowledge and judgement to complex or unfamiliar issues.
- Allocate and manage resources in support of strategic objectives.
- Influence the development of policy, professional practice or continuing education provision.
A Pathway for Professional Progression
The four membership grades provide a framework for recognising increasing professional capability, responsibility and leadership.
Advance Your Professional Recognition
Explore individual membership with CACE and enquire about the membership grade that best reflects your qualifications, professional experience and contribution.
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