Programme Specifications
Digital Curation
1 : Awarding Institution / Body
Aberystwyth University
2a : Teaching Institution / University
Aberystwyth University
2b : Work-based learning (where appropriate)
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3a : Programme accredited by
Aberystwyth University
3b : Programme approved by
Aberystwyth University
4 : Final Award
Master of Science
5 : Programme title
Digital Curation
6 : UCAS code
P120D
7 : QAA Subject Benchmark
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8 : Date of publication
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9 : Educational aims of the programme
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10 : Intended learning outcomes
Information provided by Department of Information Studies:
10.1 : Knowledge and understanding
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10.2 : Skills and other attributes
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10.3 : Transferable/Key skills
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11 : Program Structures and requirements, levels, modules, credits and awards
MSC Digital Curation [P120D]
Academic Year: 2024/2025 scheme - available from 2016/2017
Duration (studying Full-Time): 5 yearsLast intake year: 2019/2020
All Semesters
DSM0820
Records and Information Governance
DSM1810
Research in the Profession
DSM3520
Archive Collection development and Description
DSM6010
Digital Preservation
DSM6820
Knowledge and Information Architecture
DSM7510
Digital Information : Discovery to Delivery
DSM8310
Management Information Systems
All Semesters
DSM0520
Digital Presence: Content and Creation
DSM3420
Archive Management : Management of Archive Services
DSM6220
Work Case Study: Digital Preservation
DSM7620
Information and Society
DSM7720
Studies in Management
DSM7820
Information Organisation and Retrieval
DSM8520
Compliance Law and Ethics
All Semesters
DSM1460
Dissertation
12 : Support for students and their learning
Every student is allocated a Personal Tutor. Personal Tutors have an
important role within the overall framework for supporting students and
their personal development at the University. The role is crucial in
helping students to identify where they might find support, how and where
to seek advice and how to approach support to maximise their student
experience. Further support for students and their learning is provided by
Information Services and Student Support and Careers Services.
13 : Entry Requirements
Details of entry requirements for the scheme can be found at http://courses.aber.ac.uk
14 : Methods for evaluating and improving the quality and standards of teaching and learning
All taught study schemes are subject to annual monitoring and periodic
review, which provide the University with assurance that schemes are
meeting their aims, and also identify areas of good practice and
disseminate this information in order to enhance the provision.
15 : Regulation of Assessment
Academic Regulations are published as Appendix 2 of the Academic Quality
Handbook: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/aqro/handbook/app-2/.
15.1 : External Examiners
External Examiners fulfill an essential part of the University’s Quality
Assurance. Annual reports by External Examiners are considered by
Faculties and Academic Board at university level.
16 : Indicators of quality and standards
The Department Quality Audit questionnaire serves as a checklist about the
current requirements of the University’s Academic Quality Handbook. The
periodic Department Reviews provide an opportunity to evaluate the
effectiveness of quality assurance processes and for the University to
assure itself that management of quality and standards which are the
responsibility of the University as a whole are being delivered
successfully.