Dear all
I have accepted a place to study an archives administration course; this is
a full time course and will begin in September 2007.
I graduated from University in 2005 with a 2:1 history degree and a £12000
debt, finding some sort of charitable funding would therefore be extremely
helpful to me.
I explored options such as AHRC funding and bursaries at the University that
I am going to study at; competition for these resources are so fierce that
my modest degree qualification prevented me from applying to these.
I have applied to my Local Authority and numerous local and national
charitable organisations for some financial assistance to help pay for the
tuition fees which will be c. £3,100, finding any kind of help is proving
impossible; many organisations are dedicating their financial resources to
first degree study (which I can understand and do have full sympathy for new
undgraduates having to pay for top up fees).
I am currently saving some money to help pay for the course, though I count
my self fortunate to have found paid work experience in an archive, saving
money to do the course on an Archives Assistant salary is not easy.
It seems that it is becoming increasingly difficult to enter the archives
profession.
I wonder what other peoples thoughts are on this matter and whether anyone
can recommend any charities that postgraduates studying the archives course
can apply to.
Many thanks
Zoe
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