16th November 2005, 08:51 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by sniper
I could have acquired the knowledge to do my job without doing at least a first degree (don't actually know any osteologists who don't also have a higher degree). They don't do apprenticeships in musculo-skeletal anatomy, palaeopathology and biometrics...
Sniper is absolutely right Sniper. The archaeological profession doesn't at present provide such apprenticeships, but who knows....
My point was why should anyone lose 3 years salary to obtain an undergraduate degree, further years to gain post-graduate qualifications, run up a huge student debt to live and pay course fees just for the priviledge of studying. And then subsidise the profit margins of an archaeological unit that can't even be bothered to pay you a decent wage
I was trying to suggest that any other profession that required such specialism would 1) Probably sponsor the required study, or 2) Pay a salary that enabled individuals to recoup the cost of their study.
Archaeology seems at present to do neither.