Cultural Property decision-making and policy in archives
Student placement project
- Project supervisors
James Travers and Philip Gale
- Department
Archive Sector Leadership
- Maximum number of student placements available on the project per academic year
One
- Level of study
MA/MSc students only
- Deadline for Expressions of Interest from students
1 December 2026 (17:00)
- Specific knowledge and/or skills required for the placement:
Knowledge of cultural property mechanisms and interest in the economic and cultural value of archives.
Project description
The 'Cultural Property decision-making and policy in Archives: Evaluating the impact of The National Archives’ cultural property advice on the archives sector, funding bodies and government' project investigates the impact on the various cultural property mechanisms of The National Archive’s advice on archival cases:
- The effect on decision making of HMRC and ACE in relation to the capital taxes schemes
- The effect on ACE and DCMS in relation to export licensing and export policy
- The effect on grant awarding bodies in relation to the purchase and conservation of archives and the coordination of funding activity
- The effect on the collecting institutions of sales notifications, advice on sources of funding, comparators, bidding strategy and confidence
- The effect on the book and manuscript trade of sales notifications, liaison with collecting institutions and advice on archival and information legislation.
This would be done by a combination of collecting and analysing data, a literature review and interviews.
Activities include
Outputs include a webinar and report, and can be framed as part of The National Archives' wider support of the Government Vision for Archives themes of accessible, inclusive and sustainable.