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21st February 2009, 11:50 AM
Link to the article on yesterdays BBC Points West. Hopefully it will work (first time trying to post a link on this forum!!).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7902716.stm
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22nd February 2009, 02:20 PM
We may all be 'missing' the point. Archaeology is something you can afford when the economy is good under the current system - many will remember the days before PPG15 and 16. It wasn't called Rescue archaeology for nothing. There is a real risk that to push the economy, the planning process will be 'truncated' and rather than see decent evals and excavations, we will see more watching briefs - lets drive those infrastrcuture projects forward!
The other points that are not being highlighted are those freelance specialists who are leaving the profession as the work is drying-up and those contract staff on short-term contracts who have not had them renewed; these do not count as redundancies. In terms of academia, this will only begin to be severely effected when applications for places go down, notably graduate places. Afterall, they generate more income for departments than undergraduates. Museums are an easy target for authorities etc and will see the impact sooner than the universities - it all depends on the funding stream.
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23rd February 2009, 12:41 AM
Some academics might have a slight buffer, as the funding from research councils etc can be in place from a couple of years ago. Although RAE related funding, due to be anounced in March I think, might be quite interesting. Could be enough to keep some depts ticking over, but the non-research depts, and also the ones that don't figure in the latest RAE will get hee haw. Undergrads will be their major income as I doubt university admin won't be handing out the big bucks to save an archaeology dept. I'm hoping that one Scottish dept in particular manages to scrape through for a comeback, although a saga of poor management seems to have got them into their current woes, it's not unheard of. The now top dept in the country had a blip not so long ago.
Fun, fun, fun.
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25th February 2009, 12:07 PM
What is R.A.E.?
backlogged funding will certainly help, and when the money becomes more available then new money will close any gaps I guess.
The only thing will be the distance between the two.
Sound management, will be hard lined with direction, although if thats the case then its a matter of fitting into the plan and system.
As for this I guess it will significatly rely on who you know and not what you know.
But remember this ultimately on falls back onto what you know so keep it the balance.
One will open a door the other will keep it open.
walking the walk is always as important as talking the talk.
But with this life is a series of learning curves so really, just do what you can and keep striving to challenge yourself, without over extending (like the economy).
good luck
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Mike
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25th February 2009, 12:50 PM
Research Assessment Exercise
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25th February 2009, 01:38 PM
Im looking at the data tables now.
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