5th November 2010, 01:59 PM
BRahn Wrote:Well, in most of those fields you name, a graduate of a 3-year university course is not considered employable without some form of additional (on the job or otherwise) training and/or experience.which is why i suggested that at a point within the university programme the degree should take split between those who only wish to major in archaeology and those who wish to be archaeologists - as in Denmark and Germany, i think - the universities cannot absolve themselves entirely of responsibility (not that i am saying that units should not be training staff*, by any stretch of the imagination) as archaeological research and commercial archaeology are interdependant - formerly Rewley House ran with a number of units and bodies an 'In-House' training scheme which involved both book-work and more practical work. that would be good to combine that sort of ongoing training; but the current economic conditions do not best lend themselves to such a solution
* on that note, when i returned to the UK in the early 90s after having worked in France, i was told by the finds supervisor of a well-known commercial wing of an educational charity that training was not part of their remit; i would like to think that has changed
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