Taliored
support
Pilots /
develop
ment
Research
Advocacy
Guidance
&
Training
Research will underpin the programme, building on a foundation of engagement and mapping. It will be a mixture of
strategic and practical work encompassing activity across The National Archives. [*NB: Colours in action plan below
relate to diagram above]
ACTION PLAN 2015-16:
2014-15
Tailored support
Wider Network
Set up Steering
Group
Network development
Investigate
feasibility of
using existing
Jiscmail HE list
Wider Network
Stakeholder mapping,
looking at strategic players
including funders*
Case study development
Identify themes
2015-16
Engagement Manager mapping and
visits to services
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Organise Network meetings
Business planning with
network
Compile list of specialist networks and
provide contacts & specialist areas on
TNA website
 Link to corporate TNA mapping
 Research phase
 Relationship building
Work up 3-4 case studies to go on
RLUK UDC Hub and/or TNA website
Possibly to include:
 Accreditation (Bradford)
 Teaching skills (Falmouth)
 Increase internal profile
(Cadbury Research Centre)
 Joint services / Partnership
working (Hull)
 Research resource profile e.g.,
Warwick
 REF/Impact assessment
 Object based learning (UofA
London)
Possible follow up activity
Tailored support and
guidance
Look at links with DCDC
conference
Relationship building
developed to include TNA
directors and CEOs office
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Archive Service
Accreditation workshop
Skills Gap: Teaching
Skills Gap: Teaching –
evaluation of
teaching/satisfaction/evide
nce
Promote TNA’s wider work
of interest
Possible Pilot: National
Collections Strategic
Framework
Research: Citation capture
Research: Link to RLUK
research
New research areas e.g. BT
records used in linguistics
study of business
Link Archive Service Accreditation
workshop to Network meeting
 Consult with Steering group
 Potential network meeting
 HE Academy to run sessions at
TNA
 Information gathering
 Include National Student
Survey
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Research: Impact &
Evidence framework
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Research: Benchmarking
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Digital Preservation:
o digitisation conference
o UKCAD
Wider sector work
Language & know now
Commercial profile
Internal discussions & scoping
Set up separate steering group
TNA research & RLUK initial
Scoping
Link to steering group
Feature at network event
Identifying collecting drivers in
HE
Impact of the REF on culture
and heritage organisations
Scoping
Bid for funding for Impact &
Evidence Framework
Scoping
List of benchmarking resources
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Skills audit in
consultation with
steering group
Evaluation
framework
Training plan
Scoping
Investment bid
Develop Impact and
Evidence Framework
* To include academic funders, research will cover for example British Academy, IHR, AHRC, HEFCE, HLF, Wellcome
and areas of new funding e.g. Digital Humanities and will link to TNA’s fundraising initiatives, commercial & evidence
work. Also to include collection managers in conjunction with RLUK.