17th November 2005, 01:15 PM
If someone is sitting on their hands, surely it is rather difficult to bite their arms off?!
More seriously I think there is a lot of tilting at windmills going on here. I admire 1man1desk's bravery in making his point, it is a valid one and worth serious thought. Having said that I for one would definitely NOT advocate what I call the 'German' approach (having worked there in the past) where one guy aged 25 with a PhD and no experience is in charge of everyone else (including 50 year olds with 30 years experience but no PhD). And indeed on that particular project a former professor of archaeology was reduced to being the storekeeper mending wheelbarrows - but that was due to political changes in that particular country at that particular time and is another subject entirely.
27trowels is lucky to be at Bradford which is, as far as I am aware, the only UK university to offer a placement as part of its degree course. There should be a few more like that.
More seriously I think there is a lot of tilting at windmills going on here. I admire 1man1desk's bravery in making his point, it is a valid one and worth serious thought. Having said that I for one would definitely NOT advocate what I call the 'German' approach (having worked there in the past) where one guy aged 25 with a PhD and no experience is in charge of everyone else (including 50 year olds with 30 years experience but no PhD). And indeed on that particular project a former professor of archaeology was reduced to being the storekeeper mending wheelbarrows - but that was due to political changes in that particular country at that particular time and is another subject entirely.
27trowels is lucky to be at Bradford which is, as far as I am aware, the only UK university to offer a placement as part of its degree course. There should be a few more like that.