Professional development
If you wish to develop your knowledge of archives, records management or conservation and preservation, there are a variety of routes available.
The Records Management Society 
and Institute of Conservation (ICON) websites provide useful information on career development within their respective professions.
and Institute of Conservation (ICON) websites provide useful information on career development within their respective professions.The Society of Archivists website has information on career development, continuing professional development, postgraduate study and education and training opportunities across the three disciplines.
website has information on career development, continuing professional development, postgraduate study and education and training opportunities across the three disciplines.Archives and records management
Several universities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland offer a range of graduate and postgraduate courses on archives, records management and related topics. Courses offered can be studied full-time, part-time or by distance learning, thus making it easier for those in full-time employment to take up study.Postgraduate programmes – full time/part time
- University College Dublin Archives Department - Higher Diploma in Archival Studies .
- University of Glasgow Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute and Glasgow University Archives Service (HATII & GUAS) – MPhil in Management and Preservation (Digital)/(Archives and Records Management) .
- University College London School of Library Archive and Information Studies (SLAIS) – MA/Graduate Diploma/Certificate in Archives and Records Management (an international version is also available).
- University of Liverpool Centre for Archive Studies (LUCAS) - Master of Archives and Records Management (MARM).
- University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Department of Information Studies – MScEcon / Dip in Archive Administration, MScEcon / Dip in Records Management.
Postgraduate programmes – distance learning
- Northumbria University School of Informatics – MSc Records Management
- University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Department of Information Studies (DIS) – MScEcon / Dip in Archive Administration MScEcon / Dip in Records Management
- University of Dundee Centre of Archive and Information Studies – Archives and Records Management (ARM MLitt), MSc Records Management and Information Rights and MSc in Archives and Records Management (International)
Undergraduate programmes – distance learning
- University of Liverpool Centre for Archive Studies (LUCAS) – Diploma/Certificate in Professional Studies: Archives and Records Management, Diploma/Certificate in Professional Services: Records and Information Management.
- Society of Archivists (SOA)
The Society runs the Certificate in Archive Conservation. This is provided as an in-service scheme and is restricted to members of the Society only. Information about postgraduate courses leading to archival qualifications is also available. - Institute of Conservation (ICON)
This organisation runs the Professional Accreditation of Conservator-Restorers (PACR) scheme which implements standards for the care of cultural heritage across a range of disciplines.
ICON also manages the Heritage Lottery Fund internship scheme which has been setup to tackle the shortage of practical and preventive conservation skills in the UK and increase the number of trained conservators and conservation scientists. - The National Preservation Office (NPO)
The National Preservation Office provides an independent focus for the preservation of and continuing accessibility to cultural heritage materials held in libraries, archives and museums in the United Kingdom and Ireland. - Anna Plowden Trust
This organisation offers grants for training conservation students. It also provides part-funding towards the cost of attending courses and conferences for conservators in the private sector. There is currently a grant for raising awareness of the contribution made by the conservation profession toward safeguarding of the national heritage. The Trust also supports the Conservation Award for Innovation and Research in Conservation.
