CIPS STUDY GUIDES & ARTICLES
Practical advice for your CIPS studies
Whether you’re trying to squeeze revision around work and family, looking for better exam techniques or tackling a tricky module, here’s where you’ll find my study articles. Nothing too complicated. Just useful advice from someone who’s sat the exams.
Revision advice and exam technique
CIPS Constructed Response Exams: Showing the Examiner You Know the Syllabus → — advice on command words, analysis and evaluation, using examples and structuring written answers with PEEL. This guide is specifically for essay-style CR exams, not multiple-choice exams.
How to Revise for CIPS Exams When You Don’t Have Enough Time: 5 Practical Tips →
Working full-time, juggling children and struggling to find a spare evening? Five practical ways to make revision manageable, including quick study tasks and how to test what you actually remember.
Level 6 study guides
How to Study for the CIPS L6M4 Exam (and Avoid One of the Biggest Mistakes Students Make) →
Preparing for L6M4? Start with the syllabus, learn how to research your theme without going down endless rabbit holes, and practise applying what you’ve found to exam questions. Includes advice for the November 2026 Supply Chain Resilience theme.
Find resources for your level
Looking for general revision guidance? Try the Level 4, Level 5 or Level 6 pages. I’ll add more articles as the library grows.
Articles by Elizabeth Evans MCIPS. Study Procurement is an independent learning resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by CIPS.
