Module manager: Dr Sara Barker
Email: S.K.Barker@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as an Elective
This module offers an exciting way of doing history by working with partner organisations, like West Yorkshire Archive Service and Special Collections in the Brotherton Library. It provides an excellent opportunity for you to utilise the wealth of original archive material on our doorstep in collaboration with archive professionals whilst you carry out independent research. Please note this is an optional module and runs subject to enrolments. If a low number of students choose this module, then the module may not run and you may be asked to choose another module.
This module aims to develop your awareness of the complex relationship between archivists and archives and how they create and shape history and heritage. Through a mixture of workshops, project supervision, and dedicated time with archivists, the objective is to create resources for public use: it could be an exhibition, guide to a collection, or web resources. This work placement module provides a stepping stone to work in museums, archives or heritage, as well as preparation for an academic career, by developing transferrable skills around public engagement, digital engagement, and education.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Describe and implement a knowledge of the practices of archives.
2. Assess and evaluate how history and heritage is created from archives.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
3. Reflect on their professional development in a work context.
4. Tailor resources to public audiences.
5. Implement project management techniques.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Practical | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Seminar | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| Private study hours | 228 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 72 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
In semester 1, you will submit a ‘plan on a page’ document outlining your plans for your placement. You will receive written feedback which can be used to prepare for your first assessment, the poster. Feedback on the poster will also serve to prepare you for the final portfolio.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Poster | 40 |
| Coursework | Portfolio | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Resit for poster: Retrospective project management reflective writing piece
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 28/04/2025
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