Assignments
2026 Assessment Dates
January 2026
| Assignment | |
| 21st November 2025 | Entry opens |
| 9th January 2026 | Standard deadline for entry |
| 16th January 2026 | Late entry deadline |
| 19th January 2026 | Assignment Submission Deadline |
| 27th March 2026 | Results issued |
March 2026
| Assignment | |
| 2nd February 2026 | Entry opens |
| 6th March 2026 | Standard deadline for entry |
| 13th March 2026 | Late entry deadline |
| 30th March 2026 | Assignment submission deadline |
| 5th June 2026 | Results issued |
June 2026
| Assignment | |
| 1st May 2026 | Entry opens |
| 5th June 2026 | Standard deadline for entry |
| 12th June 2026 | Late entry deadline |
| 15th June 2026 | Assignment submission deadline |
| 28th August 2026 | Results issued |
October 2026
| Assignment | |
| 28th August 2026 | Entry opens |
| 2nd October 2026 | Standard deadline for entry |
| 9th October 2026 | Late entry deadline |
| 12th October 2026 | Assignment submission deadline |
| 18th December 2026 | Results issued |
Before you submit an assignment
First of all, you will need to be a studying member of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management. CICM will be responsible for organising and setting you up on Turnitin, where your assignment is submitted.
You can see all the qualifications that can include assignment assessments
Level 2 Certificate/Diploma in Credit and Collections
Level 3 Diploma in Credit and Collections
Level 5 Diploma in Credit and Collections Management
Level 2/Level 3 Certificates and Diplomas in Money and Debt Advice
Level 3 Award in Advanced Enforcement
Level 4 Diploma in High Court Enforcement
Book your assignment
Before you book, read through the learner guidance and moderator feedback on the assessment and request the current version of the assignment via [email protected]
What resources are available to help me with my assignment?
Moderator Feedback Reports are useful resources to help learners with their assignments to help them achieve a good result.
Level 2
Business Communication & Personal Skills
Consumer Telephone Collections
Commercial Telephone Collections
Level 3
Advanced Business Communications and Personal Skills
Advanced Collections
Credit Risk Management
Debt Recovery Management
Advanced Enforcement
Level 5
Advanced Credit Risk Management
Compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements
Legal Proceedings & Insolvency
Process Improvement
Strategic Communications and Leadership
Strategic Planning
Money and Debt Advice Qualification
General Money & Debt Advice principles & practice
Debt Prioritisation principles & practice
Court Procedures and Enforcement Action principles & practice
Non-statutory solutions & budgeting advice principles & practice
Statutory solutions & budgeting advice principles & practice
Money & Debt Advice Call Handling principles & practice
Learner Guidance
Level 2 Assignment Learner Guidance
Level 3 Assignment Learner Guidance
Level 4 Assignment Learner Guidance
Level 5 Assignment Learner Guidance
As a learner you are responsible for the following:
Pre-course
- Undertaking any preparatory reading including the CICM learner guidance booklet.
- Creating and adhering to a study timetable for your learning, allowing at least 100 hours per unit, including time outside of classroom-based learning.
During your course:
- Participating fully in all learning activities set by your CICM teacher/tutor
- Ensuring you fully commit to the required number of hours and planning enough time for the reading and supplemental study of core texts/materials and completion of final assignment.
- Returning all completed tasks to your teacher/tutor within agreed set timescales. This will directly contribute to your performance in the final assessment.
- In the case of units assessed by assignments submit one draft (maximum) of each assignment task for review within time scales agreed with your teacher/tutor.
- NB. DRAFTS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF THE CICM AWARDING BODY ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION DATE.
Please note: The CICM Awarding Body restricts the amount of support teachers/tutors can give. Therefore they are not authorised to check your completed assignment because this must be your own work.
Your CICM teacher/tutor commits to:
- Provide regular advice and guidance to support learning.
- Assess your progress and provide support to help you achieve your goals.
- Provide relevant and support the assignment.
- Provide timely feedback on a maximum of one draft for each assignment within agreed timescales.
NB. NO DRAFT WILL BE REVIEWED WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF THE CICM AWARDING BODY ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION DATE.
TEACHERS WILL NOT COMMENT ON ANTICIPATED FINAL RESULTS.
The CICM Credit Academy commits to:
- Conducting course reviews which include feedback from learners.
- Maintaining regular contact with CICM Credit Academy teachers/tutors.
- Standardisation of assessment processes and procedures.
- Promoting excellence in learning and skills.
- Operating a confidential, fair and prompt complaints procedure (Appendix A).
- Offering personalised advice and guidance on progress routes.
Should you have any concerns, please discuss these with your teacher/tutor or CICM Credit Academy as soon as possible.
Book your assessment by using the booking entry form during the assignment entry period. CICM will enrol you onto Turnitin and you will receive an automatic email containing your login details.
Entries for the June 2026 assessment series are open from the 1st of May 2026 and close on the 5th of June 2026. Once open, please complete the entry form to register for the series.
Log in to Turnitin
CICM are responsible for enrolling you into Turnitin.
Your log in details will be the same email address that you apply with on the entry form above and your ‘Last Name or Family Name’ Field will need to be filled out as it is on the Turnitin email that you received
Login to turnitin in the following format: ‘Lastname_(Candidate Number)‘.
Make sure to request a candidate number
How to access your results
You will be able to access your results from the Turnitin system on the day and time identified within the timetables above. You will need your Turnitin login details so ensure these are kept safe. CICM will send you a result letter and, if successful, a unit or qualification certificate as appropriate on the same day.
I Can't log in to Turnitin
If you can not log in because Turnitin requires a “Password”, Click “Forgot your password?” and log in as advised with the below information:
- The email you applied with on the form
- Your Last Name, underscore and CICM Membership number in the following format ‘Lastname_(candidate number)‘
You will be able to upload your assignment onto Turnitin once you have successfully signed in. See the guide to upload to Turnitin.