Archives and Records Management PhD / MPhil
Program Overview
Researchers and students from diverse backgrounds tackle issues related to preserving records and archives as sources for various fields.
Program Outline
The program focuses on archival science, digital curation, and information governance, attracting researchers and students from diverse disciplines and places to tackle the problems of creating and preserving records and archives as evidence and sources for a range of endeavors, such as law, science, history, and the arts.
Other:
The program's research interests include:
- Public sector information management (regulatory environments, systems, and practices)
- Displaced archives and shared archival heritage
- Postcolonial archives (postcolonial theory, imperial and Commonwealth administrative history)
- Intellectual history of archival science (concepts connected with appraisal, classification, description, access, etc). The University of Liverpool offers superb library facilities for studying and researching archival studies. Students can also take advantage of the university's strong links with the Museum of Liverpool, International Slavery Museum, and Walker Art Gallery.
Full time UK students: £4,786 International Students: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £29,750 (Band A)^ Faculty of Science and Engineering £29,750 (Band A)^ or £23,400 (Band B) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences £23,400 (Band B) Part time UK students: £2,393 International Students: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £14,900 (Band A)^ Faculty of Science and Engineering £14,900 (Band A)^ or £11,700 (Band B) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences £11,700 (Band B)
University of Liverpool
Entry Requirements:
Applications are welcome from well qualified graduates who wish to undertake research programmes leading to a PhD on either a full or part-time basis. For research we similarly expect candidates to normally hold a UK first degree in the first or 2:1 class in a relevant subject, and most successful candidates will also have an academic or professional master’s qualification.
Language Proficiency Requirements:
IELTS Academic requirement - SELT and non-SELT Overall 6.5 no band below 6.0 TOEFL iBT requirement Minimum 88 overall with L 19 W 19 R 19 and S 20 C1 Advanced CAE requirement Overall 176 with no less than 169 in any paper Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE II)ISE II with an overall pass with merit in components Cambridge IGCSE as a First LanguageGrade C Cambridge IGCSE as a Second LanguageGrade B Cambridge English Level 3 Certificate in ESOL International (Proficiency)Overall 176 with 169 in components Cambridge English Level 3 Certificate in ESOL International (Advanced)Overall 176 with 169 in components Cambridge English Level 2 Certificate in ESOL International (Advanced)Overall 176 with 169 in components
