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- Records Management and Digital Preservation PGDip
Course options
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Qualification
Postgraduate Diploma
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Location
Dundee City Campus
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Study mode
Distance / Online
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Start date
MAY-21, SEP-21, JAN-22
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Duration
60 months
Course summary
We teach records management and digital preservation by focusing on the core principles, theory and practice.
Our focus is very much on a mix of the theoretical and the practical. You must be working or volunteering in an appropriate professional environment both prior to and throughout your studies so you can apply what you are learning.
You will develop your understanding of records management and digital preservation practice and tradition. This course will provide you with an in-depth knowledge of the management of current and semi-current records, and give you a thorough understanding of how digital records should be managed, preserved and retrieved.
You’ll receive a lot of online content right from the start and benefit from our flexible teaching model that allows students to take semesters off and learn from subject experts.
Professional accreditation
Accredited by the Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland and by Records and Information Management Professionals Australia
Careers:
When you graduate, you will be able to progress in a career within the record management and digital preservation sectors.
Our graduates could go on to work as:
- records managers
- digital archivists
- digital collection managers/developers
- digital preservation specialists
- knowledge manager
- privacy officers
- data loss prevention officers
- internal auditor
- cybersecurity officers
- information governance officers
- consultants
Graduates have also gone on to undertake doctoral research and careers in academia.
Application deadline
19 March 2021, 17 July 2021, 13 November 2021, 22 March 2022
Modules
Tuition fees
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University information

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University League Table
31st
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Campus address
University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, Dundee, City Of, DD1 4HN, Scotland
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Subject ranking
45th out of 123 5
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Entry standards
/ Max 209161 74%17th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10067 67%76th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.93 79%75th
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