29th March 2006, 02:48 PM
Actually I don't know what the organisation is, I was referring to the unit Digger mentioned. Sorry if I didn't make myself clear, I wasn't referring to undergrads.
I see no problem with an industry training its own staff, at least in part, in the form of paid (graduate) trainees. This is, or used to be, commonplace in other professions - compulsory in some. A university can teach only so much in any field (
) but experience can only be gained on the job. It is not unreasonable to expect an industry to contribute to its own future fee-earnng assets - its people. It is entirely unresonable to expect experienced staff to drop out of the sky.
A paid trainee is in addition making a contribution to the employer, they are working, not purely passive. As they progress and gain experience and knowledge they will perform less menial tasks.
It used to be the way of the world, it's not a radical new idea! But I think we're wandering off-topic...[:I]
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
I see no problem with an industry training its own staff, at least in part, in the form of paid (graduate) trainees. This is, or used to be, commonplace in other professions - compulsory in some. A university can teach only so much in any field (
) but experience can only be gained on the job. It is not unreasonable to expect an industry to contribute to its own future fee-earnng assets - its people. It is entirely unresonable to expect experienced staff to drop out of the sky. A paid trainee is in addition making a contribution to the employer, they are working, not purely passive. As they progress and gain experience and knowledge they will perform less menial tasks.
It used to be the way of the world, it's not a radical new idea! But I think we're wandering off-topic...[:I]
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.