Most people who look to qualification as an Insolvency Practitioner tend to be a little older, as you do need years of experience before applying.
There is no bar to becoming a student, however, if you have been insolvent, and I have actually done an IVA for another IP in my previous life! But bankruptcy would preclude an IP from practising, and then application would have to be made to the regulatory body for a new licence.
Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner for over 20 years.
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