The Universities courses, of necessity, tread a fine line
between the academic and the professional. Courses are
placed in universities in order provide academic rigour and
credibility; however without the support of employers and
the professional organisation we are on a hiding to
nothing.
Universities are happy to support CPD; certainly the LUCAS
programme demonstrates this. However it is largely for the
profession and not the Universities to define its CPD
requirements and to approach the Universities as
appropriate.
I don't think professional designatory letters downgrade
the postgraduate qualification: one is academic and the
other professional: presumably those who choose to use
letters are likely to use both (DAA; MARM etc and RPMSA).
The question may be, how useful do our colleagues find the
academic letters?
Caroline Williams
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Caroline Williams, Director
Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies
School of History
University of Liverpool
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Liverpool L69 3BX
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