11th July 2011, 01:50 PM
Doug Wrote:At least for any permanent positions, you might be able to string together a constant string of postdocs or temp teaching or temp research jobs but that is it.
Short term contracts I suugest have become an ingrained part of the archaeological (as well as academic) employment practice in the UK. And that doesn't look like changing in the near future. New graduates should consider whether the possibility of almost permanent work but on a series of contracts and for a number of employers might be the more likely reality, rather than always aspiring towards a permanent post for a single employer....
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