A day in the life of The National Archives!
Age: 14-20
Duration: 1
Industry: Government/Civil Service
Application deadline: 14/04/2023
Dates: 28/04/2023 – 28/04/2023
Timings: 14:00 – 15:00
From Henry the 8th’s will to RAF combat reports! This opportunity will give you a unique insight into working at the National Archives. This will provide insight into the fully immersive work experience program within the document services operations team and offer tips and hints for anyone interested in working within the sector in future! A question to start….if you could travel back in time through history, what period would you visit and why?!
When applying, answer the following questions
- Personality: How would your family and friends describe you?
More about what we do:
The National Archives looks after the UK government’s documents. It holds records dating back nearly 1,000 years from the time of William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book to the present day. Some very famous documents created by some of the most important and significant people in the past are kept here, including Shakespeare’s will, Guy Fawkes’ signed confession and the 1225 version of Magna Carta. The range of documents includes letters, reports, newspapers, photographs, maps, posters and even a mummified rat.
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