11th January 2006, 10:33 PM
Keep in mind that universities are working in a market for students and if they are not preparing students for work after uni they are not doing their job.
I know I'm going to get flack now from those who hang on to the belief that education is to educate the mind and not to learn job skills, but back in the 21st century it is clear that a number of students and former students on this forum feel they have been let down by their uni's.
At TAG 2 years ago there was a supposed discussion about this very subject, and I've never seen such a spectacular back-slapping, point missing spectacle as that put on by the university leaders. The students and professionals made it very clear that they wanted better preparation for the working world. The academics didn't agree.
It should be pretty easy to inform potential students to the universities that are willing to train students properly. This thread is a case in point. Bradford seems to come out quite well, and I'm sure it has influenced prospective students. Maybe we should have a regular thread entitled "so you've decided to waste your life in archaeology, where can you at least get trained properly?"
I know I'm going to get flack now from those who hang on to the belief that education is to educate the mind and not to learn job skills, but back in the 21st century it is clear that a number of students and former students on this forum feel they have been let down by their uni's.
At TAG 2 years ago there was a supposed discussion about this very subject, and I've never seen such a spectacular back-slapping, point missing spectacle as that put on by the university leaders. The students and professionals made it very clear that they wanted better preparation for the working world. The academics didn't agree.
It should be pretty easy to inform potential students to the universities that are willing to train students properly. This thread is a case in point. Bradford seems to come out quite well, and I'm sure it has influenced prospective students. Maybe we should have a regular thread entitled "so you've decided to waste your life in archaeology, where can you at least get trained properly?"