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Yeah I know it sounds sad...
The networking really is very helpful as you get to meet the people, on a one to one, that you can get directly in touch with for advice or assistance. CBA, EH, ADS, etc. But its also making good friends across the scope of British archaeology.
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Masters degrees are the norm in many other professions. For example to become a proffesional engineer with chartered status you will now need a masters degree. Many universities have responed to this and offer a 4 year MSc course, essentiallly missing out the degree stage. I wonder when the archaeology academics will get their act together and offer similar style courses.
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If I rememeber correctly I think all Scottish universities do a four year masters course as a standard - Edinburgh does definately.
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The last Antiquity (79:1F.) reported a comment from the floor at last year's TAG conference: the commercial sector is hardly in a position to demand any particular level of training since it will neither pay for it nor reward it.
To continue the engineer analogy: an architect has always needed an MA equivalent and more. There's a 3 year degree, known as Part 1 from the RINA exams that you are exempt from, then a compulsory "year out" (working, paid proper job, not a "placement") 2 years back at uni usually rewarded with a Diploma (DiplArc) - Part 2. Then you have to get a job and do Part 3 (Professional Practice) part time, before sitting your final exam and attending an interview to ensure that you are The Right Sort Of Person. All adds up to 7 years - and you don't get to call yourself Doctor or anything, but you can say you're an Architect. No-one else can. It is illegal to advertise for a "part qualified architect" or "architects, qualified or unqualified" or similar because there is no such thing.
By no means a perfect system, but one or two good points.
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I would like also to see a route that did not include a degree...
(otherwise I would be oo on ma arse!)
I like teh concept though of a 3part procedure to become an archaeologist. Where the professionalism and finally examination by peers would confrm whether or not you could become and archaeologist - which becomes a title rather than a generic name.
Don't get me started on Architects though!!
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or accountants or estate agents or lawyers ............
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Your problem with architects probably results from not understanding what they do, and poor communication between you.
I struggle to find a defence for accountants or estate agents though.
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Q. why doesn't an acountant look out of the office window in the morning?
A. because he'd have nothing to do in the afternoon!!
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People only become accountants because they lack the personality to be undertakers.
This is where I appologise to my father the accountant.
