Archives and Records Management MA/PG Dip/PG Cert
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Postgraduate
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
The Archives and Records Management MA provides the skills and knowledge that are needed by new entrants to the profession in the United Kingdom and abroad. Students learn to manage and preserve records created in the present and those inherited from the past for use in the present and future.
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Past graduates have taken up professional roles at prestigious organisations and institutions including national societies, university libraries and the House of Commons.
Normal requirements for admission are a minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and also a substantial period of paid or voluntary employment (usually equivalent to about a year) in an established archive or records service, or experience in a post where management of archives or records is a substantial part of the postholder's responsibility.
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Subjects
- Oral History
- Database Systems
- Digital Resources
- Collections Care
- Collections Quantitative
- Records Management MA
- Records management
- Management Science
- Management skills
- Management and consultancy
Course programme
The programme focuses on the management of records and archives in a variety of digital and hard copy formats. Students learn to manage, organise, interpret and provide access to a wide range of records and archives, focusing on both the management of records for ongoing purposes, and their selection, preservation and accessibility for future uses including historical research.
MA students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.
The programme consists of five core modules (90 credits), two optional modules (30 credits) and a research dissertation (60 credits).
A Postgraduate Diploma, five core modules (90 credits), two optional modules (30 credits), full-time nine months or flexible study up to five years, is offered.
A Postgraduate Certificate, four optional modules (60 credits), full-time 15 weeks or flexible study over a period of up to two years, is offered.
Core modules- Concepts and Contexts (30 credits, taught across two terms)
- Creation and Capture
- Curation and Stewardship
- The Record-keeping Professional
- Access and Use of Archives and Records
- Collections Care
- Digital Resources in the Humanities
- Information Governance
- Manuscript Studies
- Reading and Interpretation of Archives from 1500
- Database Systems and Design
- Oral History
All MA students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 10,000–12,000 words.
Teaching and learningThe programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, computer laboratory sessions and class-based practical exercises, with a strong emphasis on group and peer learning and the acquisition of practical skills underpinned by archival theory and knowledge. Assessment is through a mixture of essays, reports, and practical assignments.
PlacementThe work placement gives students taking the MA/Dip experience of how the techniques they have learned may be applied in practice.
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Archives and Records Management MA/PG Dip/PG Cert