CIPS L6M4 Future Strategic Challenges of the Profession

A quick note: This course was created by a real human—not churned out by AI. I'm an MCIPS-qualified Procurement Consultant with practical industry experience. The content reflects both real life procurement practice and firsthand exam experience. I also respond personally to questions in the Q&A - because learning is better when there's a real person on the other end.

*UPDATED COURSE FOR THE 2026-2029 SYLLABUS*

L6M4 is unlike any other CIPS module you’ve sat. Rather than having a huge textbook with facts and figures to memorise for an exam, this module is an open research assessment. This means there is no study guide, and no ‘set’ things you need to know. This can make it a little bit scary.

How do you know what you’re supposed to know for the exam?

This is why I’ve created this course.

This course contains the following videos:

1) Introduction - explaining the exam format and what CIPS expects from you

2) The Syllabus - a deep dive into each of the criteria you could be asked on in the exam

3) Themes and research - what you should be looking for, and how you're supposed to quote research in the exam when you're not allowed to bring that research into the exam

4) How to use AI to help you study (tips and tricks and things to avoid)

As well as the videos I create a Resource Pack for each exam theme (you'll get your theme one month before your exam). Here I'll give you my top tips for how to approach the theme, practice questions for every Learning Outcome and links to all of the important research you should read. I also summarise the key findings across the research and pick out good quotes and facts you should use in the exam.

If after watching all the videos and reading the resource pack you still have questions about this module, you can use the Q&A function to ask me anything!

Kindly note that this course has been completely redone for the 2026-2029 exam season, based on previous student feedback. I've made the layout much more user friendly and I'm providing more guidance than ever before. Please discard any students reviews made before 2026 as I have worked hard to improve the course based on this feedback.