The Centre for Archive and Information Studies offers Masters degrees, postgraduate certificates and short courses in Family and Local History, all by online distance learning. Use archives and primary sources to find out more about your ancestors and the local area via innovative courses taught by expert genealogists and archivists.

Short courses include:
- Skills and Sources for Family and Local History in England (15 weeks)
- Skills and Sources for Family and Local History in Scotland (15 weeks)
- English Palaeography and Diplomatic (15 weeks)
- Scots Palaeography and Diplomatic (15 weeks)
- Heraldry (15 weeks)
- House History (9 weeks)
- Ecclesiastical Archives (9 weeks)
- Education Archives (9 weeks)
- Military Archives (9 weeks)
- Scottish Local Government and Records (9 weeks)
- Basic Latin for Archivists and Researchers (9 weeks).