6th November 2005, 06:28 PM
Of course, one reason why the unis are not turning out graduates with better practical skills could be the standard of students they recieve after 6th form....another quote from one of my old lecturers was something along the lines of "I was hoping to teach them archaeology but it looks like I've got to teach them to write first".
But on the other hand, while practical skills may be not quite up to the standards of the old days (?), research skills may be improving. And for a uni, turning out graduates with good research skills is a good thing: rather than going off to get a proper job doing fieldwork, all the graduates come back to uni and pay lots of money to be post-grads... (erm, that'll be me).
Likewise, my previous post about the suggestion that a masters is needed to learn fieldwork also benefits the unis somewhat.
But on the other hand, while practical skills may be not quite up to the standards of the old days (?), research skills may be improving. And for a uni, turning out graduates with good research skills is a good thing: rather than going off to get a proper job doing fieldwork, all the graduates come back to uni and pay lots of money to be post-grads... (erm, that'll be me).
Likewise, my previous post about the suggestion that a masters is needed to learn fieldwork also benefits the unis somewhat.