11th March 2014, 03:03 PM
zephyr Wrote:The whole IfA thing is a farce, many good archaeologists are denied entry at the grade they meet and many appalling or very inexperienced archaeologist are given top grade membership! How do they justify a fresh graduate with no commercial experience, just three years archaeological experience total and no responsibilities, except for supervising students being given AIFA and senior project managers etc being offered PIFA, they can't answer that question can they?Well actually they do if you read the Applicants Handbook. There are a variety of evidences that are required to accompany membership application and applicants are given the opportunity through the accompanying personal statement to summarise their career achievements, level of responsibility etc. The Validation (Membership Applications) committee is made up of practising archaeologists. They can only judge based upon the evidence presented to them. There is also the Appeals committee for anyone who feels that their application has not been treated with due diligence
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