25th October 2005, 08:05 PM
Agree with lots of what has been said here. A lot of the best people I have worked under (so to speak) have been MSC. Agree a lot with the post about how it opened-up archaeology.
Its a shame that this sort of thing doesnt happen now. Perhaps it should be brought back but...would units have the training funds to put people through an 'apprentiship' if you like. When I started digging eight years ago it felt like the very end of this sort of approach and now new people have a very different experience I think.
In recent years I have tried to get people I work with on a research project jobs for units, and two of them have not got degrees and are now getting on very well at different units. This is perhaps the only way it can happen now? (i.e. an apprentiship through a research project that leads to professional employment later? Would be interested to see what people think.
Gumbo
Its a shame that this sort of thing doesnt happen now. Perhaps it should be brought back but...would units have the training funds to put people through an 'apprentiship' if you like. When I started digging eight years ago it felt like the very end of this sort of approach and now new people have a very different experience I think.
In recent years I have tried to get people I work with on a research project jobs for units, and two of them have not got degrees and are now getting on very well at different units. This is perhaps the only way it can happen now? (i.e. an apprentiship through a research project that leads to professional employment later? Would be interested to see what people think.
Gumbo