25th November 2008, 04:44 PM
Thanks for the reply Armin you have certainly cleared up some of my reservations regarding the Bursary, I can now see how it fits in to the scheme a little clearer.
I know that whoever gets this bursary will undoubtedly gain a great deal of experience my main reservation was that the advert was worded in a way that I felt would put off people with only a small ammount of experience and not make it clear why people with substantial experience should be interested.
I Understand the reason for asking for experience but think the way that it was written has the potential to put people off. Perhaps removing the word substantial in the sentance "or have substantial experience in geophysical data collection within a commercial environment" would have softened the requirements slightly. Also I think that the title "Workplace Learning Bursary in Archaeological Geophysics" is slightly misleading although I admit I cant think of a better one.
Thanks again for replying and I hope that this discussion hasn't dettered anyone who would otherwise have been interested in the position from applying, as that was the opposite of my intentions.
I know that whoever gets this bursary will undoubtedly gain a great deal of experience my main reservation was that the advert was worded in a way that I felt would put off people with only a small ammount of experience and not make it clear why people with substantial experience should be interested.
I Understand the reason for asking for experience but think the way that it was written has the potential to put people off. Perhaps removing the word substantial in the sentance "or have substantial experience in geophysical data collection within a commercial environment" would have softened the requirements slightly. Also I think that the title "Workplace Learning Bursary in Archaeological Geophysics" is slightly misleading although I admit I cant think of a better one.
Thanks again for replying and I hope that this discussion hasn't dettered anyone who would otherwise have been interested in the position from applying, as that was the opposite of my intentions.