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Entry requirements
Please see the course page on the University website for full details.
Months of entry
September
Course content
This MRes provides a personalised and focused introduction to postgraduate research. It will enable you to develop into an independent researcher and produce an original research project, supported by an expert in archives.
The programme provides intensive preparation for doctoral research and your future career. We’ll guide you through the research process, equipping you with transferable skills, including critical thinking, project management, written and verbal communication, and problem solving.
Training in research methodologies will be tailored to archival research and your specific research proposal. You’ll co-design a bespoke reading list and individual assessment tasks in preparation for a substantial piece of research.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Record-keeping theory and skills and their application to records management and archives
- Record-keeping standards and best practice for the identification, classification, cataloguing and indexing of records
- The value of records and their effective management in legal, financial, political and cultural contexts
- How to design a robust research proposal
- How to identify relevant evidence and sources
- How to plan and conduct a major piece of original, independent research
- How to collect, interpret and analyse data and present your findings
- Project management and problem-solving skills
- How to prepare a bibliography
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MRes
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Postgraduate Research Team
- claspg@liverpool.ac.uk