has anyone got a tape of the timeteam digs at St Marys Cathedral in COventry in 1999 or 2000. THIs is the only cathedral to have been demolished as a result of the reformation. Last week i was back in coventry - i used to live there in a different life BT - before thatcher - its now AT after thatcher. i took a look at the museum there. Earlier i had taken a look at a dig on HIll street where coventry and northampton unit are digging the medieval town ditch - you can just see where the gatehouse was. i am very interested in the medieval history of the town as it was a very important centre then - in 1451 and for 2 years or more Henry vi had his parliament there. quite a few medieval buildings still survive. A pleasant change from the roman period? i have been volunteering on another medieval site recently.
Thanks roger and knapper. perhaps the university library or ULAS have a copy? i will probably do the medieval module next year assuming our dumbass governments tuition fees put it beyond my pocket!
Hi Saffron, keep intending to ask you this, finally grasped the nettle. I assume you study at Leicester, and you have mentioned the name of a couple of academics who I know. What course are you doing?
university certificate of higher education in archaeology its based on the first year of the degree - i can go straight to the second year next year - i am broke so i must do it that way! it was suggested i could start this year but i dont really want to do the first year because that would miake it three years full-time not two. i am trying to gain as much as experience as i can but i have a competing demand i need to earn some money! this is not for internet gambling or go clubbing every night LOL
I forgot to mention that i had been taught by nick cooper, jeremy taylor, rachel pope, terry hopkinson, tim schlada hall, a bit of name dropping, i have been volunteering on a dig though it ends sept or i might have found work (i have mixed feelings about this!)
I am a so-called mature student on the BA course. Have you spoken to the people in registry about the financial side of things? I gave up a reasonable but boring job, have a wife and 3 kids and a mortgage. I also have a 60 mile round trip commute each day. Contracting work over the summer helps, and we haven't starved yet!
With apologies for the thread Hi-Jack, if you e-mail me through the forum I can let you have the name of a very very helpfull lady in registry who can work miracles....
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Of course, if you start this year, you avoid those pesky top-up fees as well. Its not too late for this oct...
archaeological contracting? i am 50 and single though broke -it has proved almost impossible to get any permanent paid work (only bits of routine office work spasmodically -! now i dont care because i have been in this position for god knows how many years so S*d IT )in leicester where i live in recent years (i finished an HNC in computing in 2001 but no one wanted to take me on and train me) i would like to have been able to do the degree straightaway but i have left it too late this year - bad for my blood pressure. THANKS to my extra curricula activity it is completely normal! it might be helpful to get in as much paid or unpaid archaeological experience as i can (mostly the latter i suspect - if i wait til ihave a degree before doing any archaeology i will be at least 53 or 54!).
Registry ? i was told to speak to student welfare. i have two problems A) next years fees will be £3000 and my savings are £100 and i have 250 alliance leicester shares but i need to keep those to pay for the purchase of a car when i can afford to pass my driving test - one reason why i need some paid work - i am desperate! B) because i am age i am not sure whether i can get a student loan. i am hoping that A) the fees will be waived because i am very poor and B) I can convince them i will be able to pay any loans back by working in archaeology - a tall order!i have other financial worries - i need a new computer mine is very old! and one or two other essentials like a new pair of glasses - i am only saying this to amuse!
Yes, student welfare will be helpful as well. I started with 3 weeks notice last year, so it can be done, thus avoiding top up fees. As long as you haven't recieved student funding previously then your local LEA should pay your tuition fees. If you are over a certain age (50, I think) then the student loans company ask you to sign a piece of paper promising to get a job afterwards so they will get some of the money back. As you only start paying the loan back when your earnings reach a certain level (15K, I think) and you are planning a career in archaeology, I cant imagine this being a problem anyway, unless you are planning a lot of TV work, lol. There is all sorts of other help availiable, for example, as a full time student, you become invisible to the Council Tax office, that alone could be worth 100-150 quid a month.
I was in industry previously, so that is the type of contracting I do.
My PC is an elderly laptop which I inherited, an adequate PC for the stuff I do would be about 40 quid at a computer fair. The uni has a terrific computer setup, which you will have full access to anyway.
My advice is to "Go For It!!", I did, and have no regrets at all. I suggest you talk to Terry Hopkinson or Richard Thomas about entry this october, you will save a fortune...
i have had help before in 1973 - 1974 and 1976 - 1977 but i dont think they count that or if they do they wont give me 3 years only 2. i was ill in 1974 WITH A breakdown so i have received one years grant in 1976-1977 but it wasnt calculated on the same basis - i regret wasting that year really- i am now independent.
i will think about what you said about doing 3 years but its unlikely at this late hour? i will have to find out first about whether i can get a waiver for next years fees and also how much i can get from the student loans company. i have not even decided whether i want to do straight archaeology because i may have to look for work outside it given my age. i am not sure if excavation is an area i can sustain until i retire? i am interested in journalism and teaching adults to name two possibly post excavation work. ONe of the advantages of doing three years is i would have more choice over my degree but i only want to go to Leicester so i dont really NEED UCCA? If i could get part-time work might be crucial for paying the rent its 56 pounds per week - which is low but...
CAN YOU email me so we can stay in touch as i am interested on your views on the course and what digs you have done - are you doing any archaeology now? i was a student rep and i might like to do that again on the full time course. if you have any books for sale LOL
i dont pay any council tax i am unemployed - students dont pay income tax though they cant claim housing benefit- one to think about?
Terry Hopkinson is going away on study leave so he is probably not going to be around after the summer for one semester i think? Do you think they would provisionalluy offer me a place on the basis of one exam and three essays - overall mark 62%- my past record as a student - total flop!
DIfficult decision to make as i was never going back to college full-time only my success on this course as changed my mind since i heard my results.
Basically, the university are very very keen to have mature students, and the school of Ancient History and Archaeology mature students do particularly well. Universities like us because: i) we tend to get good results, which ups the dept average, ii) We tend to do the reading, etc for tutorials on a regular basis, iii) We have an amount of life experience, which means that we can do more than one thing at once, ie reading, assignments and research, iv) We dont tend to miss too many lectures because we have a hangover, or are still drunk, or have had a row with the boy / girl friend, and perhaps most importantly, v) The life experience we have means that we have opinions, general knowledge and we are not afraid to ask questions. Good academics like this because it is more of a challenge (IMHO).
As I have said above, from 2006-7 entry, "top up" fees will be charged, which could well add another 3K to the bill, so time is of the essence for anyone reading this.
...Also, I am planning to use my degree to become a teacher. There is a myriad of careers opportunities open to Ancient History and Archaeology graduates. There is certainly life beyond the Mattock!
The archaeology of the medieval cathedral and priory of St. Mary, Coventry
I nanswer to one of the original questions, Leicester University Library do indeed have a copy of this tome. Unfortunately it is on loan at the moment, but the hold system works wonders in these cases...
i would be most grateful - i intend to do the medieval archaeology module on the 2nd year of my degree next year. i was reading an article in the current issue of British Archaeology about christian burial practises in the middle ages this afternoon in the university library.
i just thought i dont have a DVD player(too poor to own one - one of the last people in the uk not to own one!)- i will have to ask someone if ican watch it on theirs.
Thanks but i dont have a dvd plus i have already got one of the programs and the official book which is a bit PHd thesis like and very technical though the illustrations and finds reports are good.
