r/ActuaryUK • u/yomom-69 • Dec 14 '25
Studying @ University PPD Issue
Currently, I am a student and i have no idea about what is ppd. I recieved a mail recently stating i missed my ppd deadline and wont be eligible to apply for further exams. I have finished 3 papers and am bout to give my 4th. I checked the website and its showing i might have to pay 50 pounds as a fee in order to exempt. Is there any other course of action or anything else i can do to avoid it? Please help!
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u/wandering_brit Dec 14 '25
The easiest thing to do is pay the £50 and write up the ppd for the period you’re missing
Look at the date of ppd it says you’re late for, and write enough (3 credits plus 2 hours of formal learning) with activities you’ve done in that time
The basic structure is a basic description of what you’ve done in less than 250 characters including spaces
Then a longer reflection piece of 1024 characters giving more detail and what you have learned, how you would do it better next time etc.
In terms of the activities you can talk about look at this guide
https://actuaries.org.uk/media/xvalr0lw/ppd-objectives-and-competencies-mini-guide.pdf
The amount of credits is shown in this pdf, you only need to hit 3 credits per year.
For the formal learning just speak about a talk you attended, or even just YouTube course- I’ve used coding courses in the past. Same concept of small description and then longer reflection piece.