14th January 2009, 05:10 PM
Andy Bicket said
"There are just not enough jobs at the other end that will effectively reimburse the large student debts to attract as many people. When the clearing is announced in the summer it'll be interesting to see how many places in archaeology degrees haven't been filled...I'll have my eyes peeled. No undergrads = large drop in dept funding from drop in fees (some depts get 80% funding from undergrad fees). Then there really will be knock on effects in the skilled workers market in a few years time."
I would disagree with this analysis for many years the number of graduates has out stripped the number of jobs by a factor of ten. I cant see that there will ever be a shortage of graduates in archaeology.
Peter
"There are just not enough jobs at the other end that will effectively reimburse the large student debts to attract as many people. When the clearing is announced in the summer it'll be interesting to see how many places in archaeology degrees haven't been filled...I'll have my eyes peeled. No undergrads = large drop in dept funding from drop in fees (some depts get 80% funding from undergrad fees). Then there really will be knock on effects in the skilled workers market in a few years time."
I would disagree with this analysis for many years the number of graduates has out stripped the number of jobs by a factor of ten. I cant see that there will ever be a shortage of graduates in archaeology.
Peter