23rd October 2008, 07:01 PM
Concerning experience while at studying at uni:
Different universities have vastly different fieldwork requirements, mine is 11 weeks. Three weeks are provided by the university but you have to organise the rest yourself (though the department ask where you plan to go first). This is over 3 summers because its a scottish course.
Personally I found that the students that organised their own fieldwork before the dept. fieldschool were much more confident and willing to work as a team compared to those who started at the fieldschool. But that could be because it self-selecting, they were the ones who really wanted to dig :face-thinks:
And as a final year student, I recommend first years to do their fieldwork asap, we start our dissertation in Easter of third year!!
Rant over, and apologies for straying so far off topic.
Different universities have vastly different fieldwork requirements, mine is 11 weeks. Three weeks are provided by the university but you have to organise the rest yourself (though the department ask where you plan to go first). This is over 3 summers because its a scottish course.
Personally I found that the students that organised their own fieldwork before the dept. fieldschool were much more confident and willing to work as a team compared to those who started at the fieldschool. But that could be because it self-selecting, they were the ones who really wanted to dig :face-thinks:
And as a final year student, I recommend first years to do their fieldwork asap, we start our dissertation in Easter of third year!!
Rant over, and apologies for straying so far off topic.