Professional Registration Programme guidance
Professional registration: quick guide
This guidance provides a brief introduction to professional registration and our application and assessment process.
Professional Registration Programme: full guide
This guidance note sets out all the information you need to qualify as a Foundation or Registered Member of the ARA, or as a Fellow of the ARA.
We also provide a dedicated support service to help you develop your application for professional registration. If you need help using the competency framework, choosing your competencies (and Levels), developing the content for your competency forms or deciding what supporting documentation to use, then please get in touch. We will arrange a video call with you (and your mentor if preferred) to explain the process to qualify and answer any questions you may have. Please contact chris.sheridan@archives.org.uk
Professional Registration Programme website user guide
This guidance explains how to use this website and enrol onto the programme, build your application and submit it for assessment.
This document is designed to support mentors as they guide their candidate's learning and development. Includes more guidance on the mentor reference, complete with an example.
News, updates and content.
It is important that Foundation and Registered Members, and Fellows of the ARA, continue to build on the knowledge and competencies demonstrated at the time they qualified with the ARA. Find out more about the CPD Review, and how it supports members with their CPD.
Details of enrolment and assessment fees for Foundation and Registered membership, Fellowship of the ARA, and CPD Review.
How we use your data and how we keep it safe.