The Higher Education Archive Programme (HEAP) is part of The National Archives’ continuing programme of engagement and sector support. It is a mixture of strategic and practical work encompassing activity across The National Archives and the wider sector, including guidance and training, pilot projects and advocacy.
Network meetings are one strand of the programme. These cover a wide range of topics and are open to all those working in university archives, libraries and special collections. We aim to run two events per year, one in-person and one on-line.
There is also a page facilitated by The National Archives on The Knowledge Hub, a free site, where you can post questions, view presentations of past events and also hear about up-coming events. To join please go to The Knowledge Hub and register for HEAP. You will need to register if you haven't already - once registered, you will be able to find the HEAP group.
To be added to the HEAP mailing list, where you will find out about HEAP activity and receive The National Archives' monthly bulletin please contact asl@nationalarchives.gov.uk.
An Advocacy toolkit for higher education archives and guidance on collecting students' union archives are available to read and use.