18th January 2007, 12:44 PM
HI All
Unitof1 said:
Cant say that I see many faces on the IFA committees that have attempted to run an independent archaeological company- they all seem to work or have worked for the government. I wonder if those at EH claim expenses and/or have to take time off when they go on IFA duties/conferences?
It is disappointing that half of the IFA staff seem to comprise of people with no actual experience of field archaeology (based on the info in the yearbook). I can understand that finance/admin etc posts don't necessarily require archaeological experience but it seems to be a pretty poor show that the professional body is half staffed by people who have never really worked within the profession, although based on the IFA job ads I've seen (admittedly few) they seem to get paid better than most actual archaeologists, which is weird cus its mainly low paid archies that fund the IFA.
Steven
Unitof1 said:
Cant say that I see many faces on the IFA committees that have attempted to run an independent archaeological company- they all seem to work or have worked for the government. I wonder if those at EH claim expenses and/or have to take time off when they go on IFA duties/conferences?
It is disappointing that half of the IFA staff seem to comprise of people with no actual experience of field archaeology (based on the info in the yearbook). I can understand that finance/admin etc posts don't necessarily require archaeological experience but it seems to be a pretty poor show that the professional body is half staffed by people who have never really worked within the profession, although based on the IFA job ads I've seen (admittedly few) they seem to get paid better than most actual archaeologists, which is weird cus its mainly low paid archies that fund the IFA.
Steven