Archives and Records Management (3 Years) MPhil

At the University of Liverpool, The programme’ve offered postgraduate education and training in archives record and management since 1947. When you study the Archives and Record Management PhD/MPhil, you’ll join a leading centre for archival education and research recognised for its innovative, international and interdisciplinary approach. With expertise in archival science, digital curation and information governance, the Centre for Archive Studies attracts researchers and students from diverse disciplines and places. Research topics the Archives and Record Management PhD/MPhil covers a broad range of potential topics for investigation. The programme welcome research proposals in topics including: Histories of records, archives and record-keeping practices Information legislation Record-keeping theory and principles Digital preservation, digitisation, and access Record-keeping and the environment (including historic environmental information, sustainability) Widening participation in archives, cultural heritage and higher education Community archives and documentation practices Architecture and archives (including architectural records and documentation, the architecture of archives repositories) Therapeutic uses of archives and records Uses of AI and machine learning in cataloguing.