Dear Phaedra
>However...yes your posting does seem "a bit of a rant". You can't expect
>to have it all handed to you on a plate. I can only offer you advice from
>my experience of my first (non archives) MA 1997-2000, so here goes...
>Graduate with debt, work for a year in a lowly admin job to earn enough to
>pay for an MA, do the MA part-time over 2 years (2 days a week and
>evenings) while working (4 days a week) to pay the rent, and doing unpaid
>but highly valuable and enjoyable work experience thus gaining access to
>the journal/job pages (1 day a week).
>And yes, that does add up to 7 days a week.
Hardly a tempting way to get the brightest and best into the profession, is
it?
Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cowan
Greater Manchester County Record Office
56 Marshall Street
Manchester
M4 5FU
England
Tel + 44 161 819 4705
Fax + 44 161 839 3808
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