MA Archives and Records Management at Aberystwyth University

By studying this degree, you will learn professional principles and techniques and acquire the core skills which will enable you to play a part in the preservation, management and exploitation of invaluable informational and historical resources.

This course is designed to prepare you for work in any archive or records management environment. It also provides the professional training required for entry into these professional areas.

A significant proportion of your learning on this course takes place in study visits and fieldwork, where you will need to observe and relate what you have learnt to the practice in a number of recordkeeping environments. Practical experience gained before embarking on the course provides a very important foundation for the training experience of the course itself.

The department has a well-established international reputation in teaching and research in information studies; studying in a town with a rich information history and range of cultural organisations with which the Department has close links including: the National Library of Wales (one of the UK’s five copyright libraries); the Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales; the Welsh Books Council; Ceredigion Archives; and Ceredigion Museum.

Why study Archive and Records Management at Aberystwyth University?

• hands-on project working with professional archivists
• in-depth study of palaeography using documents in different hands
• medieval and post-medieval palaeography pathways
• training in industry standard cataloguing and preservation software
• intensive dissertation workshop to support research topic identification and develop research skills
• professional conferences, visits and lectures
• 3-4 day study tour in London.