27th March 2007, 07:05 PM
Quote:quote:Keeping a (more) beady eye on MoLAS' standards over the next few years will be interesting for the likes of me at least, to see how this affects the work and results
Yup. If standards slip as a result, then, at least in planning terms, that can be dealt with. Perhaps a bit of closing the barn doors after the proverbial horse bolting, but I am sure that this has been taken into consideration by their management team. After all, as a commercial company they cannot drop standards as that will have a knock on effect on how much money they generate.
I do take leic's point about a general lessening of specialist knowledge across the regions - and as a sometimes freelance one myself despair at poorly analysed assemblages where there is nothing more in depth than a catalogue in the publication. This is in part something the IFA bursaries are trying to address but agreed it is a big problem.
Cheers
ML