Student placements and fellowships

Student placements

Call for applications

Applications for The National Archives’ student placements are currently open, with projects available within various departments at The National Archives.

All student placements at The National Archives enable students to:

1. Gain industry-specific knowledge and skills for working in a variety of roles across the research, government, cultural and heritage sectors.
2. Build professional connections across the organisation and an understanding of the variety of roles at The National Archives.
3. Create an output which showcases the work undertaken as part of their placement at The National Archives and which demonstrates the knowledge and skills the student has developed and applied during their time on the placement.

Placements are offered on a full- or part-time basis. All placements are up to three months full-time or up to six months for a part-time equivalent.

Eligibility

Currently, our student placements are only open to master's and doctoral students who are based at a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in the UK. Students also need to have the right to work in the UK.

PhD students must have funding from their HEI or a funder to undertake a placement with us. Master's students are eligible if placements are required as part of a Level 7 (Master’s level) course.

How to apply

To apply for any of our student placement projects, please read about the projects below and complete our Expression of Interest (EoI) form by the deadline of your chosen project.

You may apply for a maximum of two projects, but please ensure you complete a separate EoI form for each.

Explore our student placements by theme:

Collections Research placements

Explore our unique opportunities to develop your research skills while working with nationally significant archival collections and expert staff.

Conservation and heritage science placements

Explore our opportunities to develop research skills while contributing to the preservation and understanding of our collections.

Digital Research placements

Gain hands-on experience at the intersection of archives and technology, contributing to projects exploring AI, digitisation and digital access to collections

Research and archival practice placements

Explore archival practice, research engagement and the GLAM sector while contributing to projects that support innovation and impact.

Fellowships

Our fellowships are designed to offer opportunities for collaborative research and professional development. When we have opportunities, we will post information on this page.