The WAC Student Committee is creating a web-based resource
for students to assist them in finding funding opportunities and to provide
them with general advice for navigating student life. The International Student
Resources Project is part of this committee’s overall aim to advocate for students
and foster increased student opportunities through active mentoring. This will
be a constantly evolving resource managed by the committee.
Following the broader aims of WAC, the student committee
intends for this project to assist students worldwide and promote the study of
archaeology by fostering the development of student research. WAC is indeed a
unique organisation and we are fortunate to have such a diverse community of
archaeologists from which to draw information from for this project. This will
be one of the first projects in the world to draw together information for
students on a global scale and we hope that the WAC and international
archaeological communities will support us in our endeavour.
In order to begin this project, we are reaching out to the
wider WAC and international archaeological communities for student advising
materials on the following:
Funding bodies/opportunities
We are looking for details on funding
bodies or regular funding opportunities from anywhere in the world that are
accessible or targeted to archaeology students. We are open to suggestions
available to students from any level of study (e.g. undergraduate, masters or
graduate level) and for any reason (e.g. to fund field work, international
study etc.) Generally students look within their own regional network to find
these opportunities, but we would like to emphasise the global nature of
archaeology and provide information across all regions —this will
assist students to look beyond their immediate region for study options and
will also facilitate a greater understanding of the situations facing students
across the world.
We ask that a website or contact
information be included with any submissions of information on funding
bodies/opportunities.
Facts of life for graduate students
We would like to provide students with some
realistic information on what they should expect from graduate school and some
broad ‘tips’ on how to successfully navigate what is
often a new and confusing world. We understand that an increasing number of
students are studying internationally and we envisage that the resources included
in this section will reflect multicultural perspectives and cater to a diverse
audience.
What things do you wish someone had told
you when you were a student? Feel free to submit advising materials, suggest
web resources, and other explanatory and descriptive content (with appropriate
attribution), but please avoid one-sentence anecdotes as these are often
confusing outside their cultural or geographic context.
Examples of the kind of information we
would like to include are:
- Important things to consider when choosing a school/supervisor
- Advice on how to apply for graduate school
- Advice on who you can ask for assistance
- Dos don’ts for writing important documents such as CVs and cover letters
- Guidance on managing work-life balance
If you would like to contribute materials for this project,
we will ensure you get appropriate credit for your submission (or it can be
posted anonymously if you prefer). Please email any submissions or questions to
wacstudentcommittee@gmail.com.
And finally, if you could help us to spread the word about
this project by passing this message on to anyone whom you think it may be of
interest to that would be much appreciated.
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