Blog Article: De Havilland news agency's report on the Education & Skills Select Committee

Author: Kenneth Aitchison,Created 02/03/2007 08:56:10
de havilland news agency report on select committee ______________________________________________________________ Education Select Committee hears from trade unions on post-16 skills ============================================================== Type : DeHavilland Report - Parliamentary Committee Date : Wed, 28 Feb 07 Analysis : MPs today heard... (Comments 0)

Blog Article: Union Learning Rep as a witness before a Select Committee

Author: Kenneth Aitchison,Created 01/03/2007 22:35:02
      Last week I unexpectedly got a call from Sue Ferns, Prospect's Head of Research, asking me if I would like to appear before the Education and Skills Select Committee (at one week's notice).  I thought long and hard for several good microseconds before accepting, and so I have just been... (Comments 0)

Blog Article: Archaeology Union Learning Reps

Author: Kenneth Aitchison,Created 31/01/2006 16:43:33
Prospect, with the IFA and with some funding help from the Learning and Skills Council 's Trade Union Fund for the South East (TUFSE ) has started to run bespoke ULR training for archaeologists.The first tranche of would-be ULRs are going through this training at the moment - the... (Comments 0)

Blog Article: Six Steps to Heaven

Author: Kenneth Aitchison,Created 15/01/2006 21:06:34
Eddie Cochran only managed three steps to heaven, but he died young and archaeology prides itself on being able to see the long view. Following on from the earlier post about the skills agenda, here's an insight into what the professional institute is... (Comments 0)

Blog Article: The Skills Agenda in Archaeology

Author: Kenneth Aitchison,Created 15/01/2006 20:53:33
In the UK, increased levels of developer funding has led to increased demand for archaeological fieldworkers, the producers of the primary data upon which all archaeological work and research depends. But archaeologists entering the profession are underskilled – while increasing numbers of students are receiving archaeological degrees, recent... (Comments 0)