We offer training to develop skills, knowledge and understanding within the archives sector. Our training sessions are relevant from both an organisational and individual perspective. Please email us if you would like more information about any of our sessions. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, our events and training moved online and some of our events remain digital, alongside our e-learning courses.
Most of our training sessions are free, and bookings are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. If you’re unable to cover the cost of travelling to one of our events, please get in touch and we’d be happy to discuss this. We have a limited number of spaces available at each session. Because of this, please only book if you are able to attend, and contact us if you can no longer attend.
Upcoming events
Manorial documents workshops (online)
18 and 25 March 2025 (11:00 – 13:00)
These two workshops will open up manorial records to a professional archive audience, unlock their potential for new audiences and create lasting value. The aim of the workshops is to provide archivists with the skills and confidence to locate, identify, describe and use manorial documents. The workshops will be delivered online with complementary resources provided. Participants will be introduced to the range of manorial documents that they will encounter in their working lives and will be guided through their format, language and structure. No previous knowledge of manorial documents or Latin is required.
The manorial documents course is sold out
Impact seminar: capitalising on anniversaries, celebrations, and milestones (online)
23 April (10:00 – 11:30)
Join us to hear how three different archives capitalised on their organisational anniversaries, celebrations and milestones. Miles Clemson, Archivist, will explore how Southbank Archive marked the 50th anniversary of the Open Foyer Policy at the Southbank Centre. Hayley Whiting, Heritage Archive and Research Manager, will discuss how the archive was a key resource in celebrating the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s bicentenary. Lucy Barrell, Archivist, will talk about the impact and challenges of recognising organisational anniversaries and celebrations for the Oxfordshire Health Archives. The three presentations will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
Find out more and register to attend the impact seminar
Leadership for recordkeepers summit (Friends House, London)
Wednesday 25 June (10:30 – 17:00)
This leadership summit, organised by The National Archives and the Archives and Records Association, is aimed at archivists and records managers at all stages of their careers and will explore leadership skills and continuing professional development. We will hear from a panel of inspirational leaders both within and outside the recordkeeping sector and delegates will participate in leadership workshops aimed at early, mid, and senior career professionals. The summit will be free to attend, and refreshments and lunch will be provided. There will also be a limited number of travel bursaries available.
More information on attending the summit will be available in due course.
Save the date
Events and training which will be advertised for registration soon:
- Higher Education Archive programme (HEAP): DIY Digital Preservation (10am – 11.30am, 7 May – online)
- Major Archives Project Learning Exchange (MAPLE): how to manage a split-site service (1pm – 2pm, 22 May – online)
E-learning courses
Data Protection Toolkit for Archives
This toolkit is for archive service staff involved in providing access to personal data found within an archive service’s collections.
The toolkit is hosted on Moodle, an e-learning service that The National Archives uses to host learning and development content for the archive sector. Following the link provided below, please fill out the New Account form with your details. Please enter your email address as your username and use the enrolment key: ‘Data Protection Toolkit’. Once you have registered, you will receive an automatic confirmation email from Moodle.
Sign up to the Data Protection Toolkit for Archives
If you already have an account, log in to the Data Protection Toolkit
Archive Service Accreditation e-learning course
This e-learning course is for anyone working with archive collections who wishes to find out about Archive Service Accreditation. It provides a general introduction to the scheme and will help participants take the first steps towards making an application.
Sign up for the Archive Service Accreditation e-learning
Fundraising for Archives e-learning course
This e-learning course covers fundraising strategy, financial planning, cases for support, building networks and supporters, crowdfunding, and measuring outcomes and evaluation.
Video tutorials and step-by-step guidance will introduce you to each topic and guide you through online activities, enabling you to put what you are learning into practice and tailor it to your archive service.
Sign up for the Fundraising for Archives e-learning course
Transfer to Places of Deposit (PoD) e-learning course
This online learning course explains the key points of the Public Records Act for public record bodies. It describes what a place of deposit is and the process public record bodies should follow to select, prepare and transfer records for permanent preservation to a place of deposit.
The learning objectives of this course are to:
- understand the content and scope of the Public Records Act and the ’20 Year Rule’ changes
- gain knowledge about the process of selecting and transferring records from a public record body to a place of deposit
- recognise the roles and responsibilities for managing records under the Act and what the public record body needs to do
- find out about the guidance and support available from The National Archives
Sign up for the Transfer to Places of Deposit e-learning course
Recorded events
Take a look at our recorded events on YouTube, which cover a variety of topics, services and networks including:
Training
- organisational impact
- advanced bid-writing
- crowdfunding and digital fundraising
- Manage Your Collections in Discovery
Events
- Digital Archives Learning Exchange (DALE)
- Manorial Documents Register Conference 2022
- Archives for Everyone 2023 – 2027
- Launching the Level 7 Archivist and Records Manager apprenticeships
Grants programmes
- Risk and Resilience grants programme
- Cataloguing grants programme
- Research and Innovation grants programme
- Archives Revealed cataloguing grants