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About MA Archival Practice in University of Plymouth

Course Details

The MA Archival Practice programme is taught in partnership with archival professionals from The Box, Plymouth. It will give you practical experience of the archive: through work-based learning in local archives, ranging from manuscripts to film, sound and digital archives, you will explore current and practical issues such as fund-raising, the varied needs of users, and how to communicate through outreach and marketing.

The MA Archival Practice is designed to prepare you for a range of archive and related jobs, including posts with local government, national archives, museums, universities, businesses and charities.

Key features

• Benefit from a programme taught in partnership with archive specialists from Plymouth City Council's Museums and Galleries Archives.
• Develop links with local record offices and other archives – work-based learning is a key feature of the MA.
• Meet practical and current needs (fund-raising, employment law, archival and digital skills) for a range of employment options in the archive and heritage sector with our range of core and optional modules.
• The MA is designed to be a professional qualification and is aligned to the Archives and Records Association’s new competencies.
• Prepare yourself for a range of archive and related jobs, including posts with local government, national archives, museums, universities, businesses and charities.

Academic qualification equivalents

We require applicants to have completed a bachelor degree or a bachelor of technology degree from a recognised Indian institution.

Grade: Minimum aggregate of 60% and above

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS 6.0 overall (6.5 for integrated programmes)
• IELTS 5.5 in all four components (listening, reading, speaking and writing)
• PTE 50 (55 for integrated programmes)
• PTE 42 in all four components (listening, reading, speaking and writing)gg

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