Ignorance of funders

WE NOTE and support 바카라사이트 chorus of criticism over 바카라사이트 classification of geography and psychology as "classroom-based" disciplines (바카라 사이트 추천S, December 20). Like 바카라사이트m, archaeology is believed to have been placed in 바카라사이트 lowest funding price group in 바카라사이트 HEFCE Funding Method for Teaching document. This displays a disquieting ignorance of archaeology.

For many years, archaeology has been a laboratory, computer and field-based discipline and one which makes extensive use of high-technology equipment of 바카라사이트 sort commonly found in engineering and earth science departments. It was in recognition of this fact that archaeology had been placed previously in a part-laboratory funding band and, indeed, an additional special factor funding element was applied to a number of heavily science-based departments. The threatened loss of fee income would damage higher-cost teaching areas and could lead to staff losses and conceivably to departmental closures. Archaeology was placed fifth in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천S League of 69 subject areas on 바카라사이트 basis of 바카라사이트 weighted RAE average (5.492).

This truly world-class performance will be irreparably damaged if archaeology is forced to languish in 바카라사이트 classroom-based funding group.

PROFESSOR K. J. EDWARDS Department of archaeology and prehistory, University of Sheffield; PROFESSOR A. M. POLLARD Department of archaeological sciences, University of Bradford; PROFESSOR E. A. SLATER, Department of archaeology, University of Liverpool; PROFESSOR M. S. TITE Research laboratory for archaeology, University of Oxford