News
Our news feed contains information about new resources, newly catalogued or acquired archive collections, current and upcoming projects and events, and service developments.
Information about past work at the Modern Records Centre is included in our annual reports and information bulletins (available online from 1996/7 to 2016/7). Recordings of several past events are also available - the student-led Open Education Series, 2014-2016, and the schools project Archives Alive, 2016.
Reopening to external researchers
The Modern Records Centre will be reopening to all researchers by appointment only on Monday 28th June 2021.
Our opening hours from 28th June will be:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 4pm
Sessions are bookable for mornings (9.00-1.00) and/or afternoons (1.00-5.00/4.00 on Friday).
What new measures are in place due to Covid-19?
A maximum of five researchers can now be accommodated in the searchroom.
All researchers are now required to book a place and order documents a minimum of 24 hours before your visit (though more notice is preferred). This allows us to ensure that a desk space is available and that the documents can be produced in advance.
In line with university guidance, it will be left to personal choice whether visitors wear face coverings whilst seated, but we request that you wear a face covering whilst moving around in the building.
Hand sanitiser is available at the searchroom entrance.
A one way system is in place at the entrance.
We strongly encourage all visitors to complete a Lateral Flow Test and obtain a negative result prior to attendance.
Additional information about using the Modern Records Centre is available elsewhere on our website.
MRC joins top 5% of UK archives
The MRC is delighted to have joined the top 5% of archives in the UK by being awarded Archive Service Accreditation. Granted by the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee, the award is recognition of the MRC’s successful demonstration of meeting the UK standard around resourcing, collections management and providing access to collections and is regarded as the UK quality standard for archive services. To find out more about the award see: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/archive-service-accreditation/
Commenting on the MRC being awarded Archive Service Accreditation Helen Ford, Archives Manager for the MRC, said:
"We are extremely pleased to receive this national recognition for our archive service. All of the staff at the MRC deserve acknowledgement and thanks for their hard work and contributions towards this award. We aim to build on this and keep developing our collections management and access activities for all our visitors and researchers."
