The London Institute of Banking & Finance will be conducting its regulatory exams, including the CeMAP, remotely from 10 June.

It has conducted 150 tests in this way since April as part of a pilot scheme with success to the extent that LIBF says it even once its testing centres are open again it will continue to offer remote invigilation.

Students will be able to book CeMAP exams from 15 June, while the CeRER equity release qualification test will be available from 6 July.

LIBF director of learning provision Linden Muirhead says: ““Our immediate focus was to support those students studying our qualifications which form a licence to practice, after all it’s their livelihood at stake.

“But in setting that priority we didn’t want to lose sight of all the others who are seeking to progress in their careers. It was a careful balancing act between those priorities, our own capacity to deliver, and the availability within the remote invigilation systems.”

LIBF managing director of corporation and professional learning Mark Heaton adds: “Our courses and qualifications are delivered predominantly online, so remote invigilation was something we had already been exploring and piloting.

“But with physical exams being cancelled, we knew we had to look at making remote invigilation available more widely, and quickly. This is particularly important where exams form the licence to practice, as is the case with regulated advice.

“We’ve worked closely with our providers to develop robust systems and, even though it’s still relatively early days, we can now open up access more widely.

“This is not just a contingency arrangement though. LIBF will retain the remote invigilation option alongside centre-based delivery for the long term, to give students a choice about how and where to sit their examinations.”