14th October 2005, 01:14 PM
Some months ago there was a thread asking what you would do if one morning you were put in charge of the IFA - specific actions, not vague generalisations (a la Rik Mayalls People's Poet - "when are we going to have a government that does something for the kids?") As far as I recall there was a deafening silence - but naturally I had my two penn'orth! (BAJR will explain what that is to you youngsters...).
It can't happen now that things have gone on too long but I'd like to see the whole concept of tendered/developer funded archaeology reconsidered.
As I've said before, it's a bit rich for the industry to demand that universities provide them with a free supply of ready-trained staff when it does nothing to help, train or fund the process, or to reward the products of the system.
How is David's East Lothian item 10 funded, I wonder, if you don't know what's there before you dig it up?
Today, Bradford. Tomorrow, well, Bradford probably.
It can't happen now that things have gone on too long but I'd like to see the whole concept of tendered/developer funded archaeology reconsidered.
As I've said before, it's a bit rich for the industry to demand that universities provide them with a free supply of ready-trained staff when it does nothing to help, train or fund the process, or to reward the products of the system.
How is David's East Lothian item 10 funded, I wonder, if you don't know what's there before you dig it up?
Today, Bradford. Tomorrow, well, Bradford probably.