Learning Arc - Durham University

Purpose and Vision

The purpose of Learning Arc is to provide a regional platform of support for educational and community initiatives through sharing best practice, enabling all ages to engage in their local archive collections.

Our core ethos is to promote lifelong learning through local heritage and archive material; we achieve this through mutual support, regional partnership working and shared advocacy. Learning Arc is a non-judgemental, supportive group for collaborative learning, offering the opportunity for project and practice review in a supportive environment.

Membership

Our membership and supporting organisations represents the unique heritage of the North East region with members providing a diverse breadth of collections, working styles, knowledge and experience. We aim to ensure representation from all of the major archives for the region.

Paxton House
Berwick Record Office
Northumberland Archives
Tyne and Wear Archives
AMBER Film and Photography Collective
Newcastle University Special Collections and Archives
Durham University Library and Collections
Beamish Museum
The Story, County Durham
Teesside Archives
University of Sunderland Special Collections
The Vindolanda Trust

Additionally, Learning Arc is supported by:

The National Archives
Historic England

Learning ARC Projects

Collaborative projects between Learning ARC members within the Northeast region.

Networks for Change

As a network, Learning ARC applied for the TNA Networks for Change in 2022.

Image of a taught session happening in Bishop Cosin's Library

Pandemics Through Time

A collaborative project working between Newcastle University and Durham University, a group of students from two secondary schools looked at pandemics past and present.