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With apologies for cross-posting, I'd be grateful if list members could forward this to any potential candidates. Thanks and best wishes Margaret Procter PhD opportunity "Accessing Barclays' historical customer records" The University of Liverpool and Barclays Group Archives (BGA) invite invitations from suitably qualified candidates for the first of two fully-funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD studentships. The project will centre on access to, and the research use of, data - and particularly nominal data - held within the Bank's archives. The successful candidate student will enjoy privileged opportunities to work in situ as a member of the professional archival team responsible for Barclays Group Archives<https://www.archive.barclays.com/> in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester. S/he will explore the possibilities for developing access to the rich information resources available in these archives, focusing in particular on the customer/nominal data. Such information exists in a number of different locations across the bank's holdings, but its research potential remains to be fully realised. 'Accounts with Interest' is conceived as a genuinely interdisciplinary project; we are keen to attract suitably-qualified candidates from any area of the humanities and social sciences who can demonstrate their potential to conceive a coherent research project aimed at enabling access, adding value to the information held in archival records, and promoting audience development. Thus, while the research might be conceived with the framework of archival science or organisational studies, and take a methodological stance from either of those disciplines, it is not restricted, or limited to, either. Whatever approach is adopted, outcomes of the project will include enhanced understanding of the research potential of the materials, and of how Barclays can provide enhanced corporate and (appropriate) public access. The candidate will work closely with a second studentship holder, to be appointed from October 2017, whose research will take place within a technology/digital humanities-based framework. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will either have completed (or be close to completing) a Master's degree by 1 September 2016. Download AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award Studentship 2016<https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/histories-languages-and-cultures/documents/cda_further_details.pdf> (pdf) for further details or email Dr Margaret Procter<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, Senior Lecturer, Record and Archive Studies or Dr Andrew Smith<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, Senior Lecturer in International Business. Deadline for applications and interviews The deadline for receipt of applications is 5.00pm on Wednesday, 6 April 2016. Interviews will be held in Liverpool on 19/20 April 2016. ********************************************************* Margaret Procter, PhD, MArAd, SFHEA, FRHistS Senior Lecturer, Record and Archive Studies/Academic Lead for Postgraduate Taught programmes School of Histories, Languages & Cultures 9-14 Abercromby Sq University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7WZ www.liv.ac.uk/lucas Editor-in-Chief, Comma - Journal of the International Council on Archives. Receive regular Table of Contents alerts here: https://liverpool.metapress.com/content/122452/toc-alert Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra