5th November 2010, 10:07 AM
Why do commercial archaeologists expect university archaeological departments to pump out functioning cannon fodder? Yes, the job of universities is to equip their graduates with a useable set of skills but their focus will always be to provide students with broad background archaeological knowledge not how to dig and record a feature in 30 seconds or supervise a 360.
This attitude says everything about where this profession currently is - costed on the cheap, employed on the cheap, no training budget, no prospects.
This attitude says everything about where this profession currently is - costed on the cheap, employed on the cheap, no training budget, no prospects.
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