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The best degree?

In response to Mark Horton’s prediction of an ‘oncoming crisis’ for archaeology in universities (CA 268), John Schofield argues that archaeology degrees are among the best, the most enriching, and the most useful one can take. Dr John Schofield will take over as Head of the Archaeology Department at York University in October.

Current Archaeology

August 6, 2012

Mark Horton may be correct in predicting a future crisis for archaeology in universities… and the chances are that archaeology will not suffer alone. Now it is undergraduate recruitment that is taking a knock; in two or three years’ time it might be postgraduate studies, both taught and research. And certainly we need to respond. The ‘crisis’, it seems, is beginning already, given recent reports that the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity is set to close. But there is a risk that the way this ‘crisis’ is presented will overshadow or mask the benefits of taking an archaeology degree, whether students make this choice for the vocational training

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