According to its latest numbers, Kaplan Professional still has just under 1,000 existing financial advisers (who do not meet the 10-year experience exemption) who still have some study to complete before the 31 December 2025 Financial Adviser Standards (FAS) education deadline. Kaplan Professional’s Summer Intensive represents the final opportunity for advisers to complete their education requirements within the required timeframe. Enrolments for the Summer Intensive (accelerated six-week intake) close 5 November. Anyone who enrols in this intake will be able to start as early as 27 October. This accelerated six-week intake provides advisers an efficient, focused way to meet the deadline and complete their education requirements without compromising quality or support. Final results for the Summer Intensive will be released on 15 December before the deadline. Existing advisers who will not complete the education requirements by 31 December 2025 must cease on the Financial Adviser Register (FAR) before the deadline and return once their studies are complete. Those who fail to do so will only be able to re-enter as a new entrant. Kaplan Professional CEO Brian Knight emphasised that while time is running out, support remains available. “We know the pressure advisers are under as the deadline approaches – that is why the Summer Intensive matters. “It is a final, flexible six-week sprint to the finish line, and our team is ready to work with every adviser, whatever their situation. “While we have confirmed with Treasury there will be no extensions, with pass rates above 90 per cent in previous intensive study periods, it is more than achievable,” he said.