29th March 2006, 11:43 AM
A slightly confusing thread....
A drop in uni applications is a Good Thing because it will lead to higher wages.
It's a Bad Thing because we might not have enough archaeologists.
It doesn't matter anyway because most arch students have no intention of a career in archaeology.
Students aren't interested in gaining work experience. Presumably this is unpaid work? I see a connection. Further, nearly all job ads are for experienced staff. This perhaps lead back to the old debate about whose job it is exactly to train people for industry.
Mature part time volunteers, working presumably free for a commercial organisation? Another thread vilifies this practice. Frankly I would also oppose it.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
A drop in uni applications is a Good Thing because it will lead to higher wages.
It's a Bad Thing because we might not have enough archaeologists.
It doesn't matter anyway because most arch students have no intention of a career in archaeology.
Students aren't interested in gaining work experience. Presumably this is unpaid work? I see a connection. Further, nearly all job ads are for experienced staff. This perhaps lead back to the old debate about whose job it is exactly to train people for industry.
Mature part time volunteers, working presumably free for a commercial organisation? Another thread vilifies this practice. Frankly I would also oppose it.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.