With Issue 11 finally done and dusted, we here at Assemblage are shaking off the summer writing-up fug and are moving on to greater things. With behind the scenes preparations for Issue 12 swiftly coming together and looking increasingly promising, we've also been working on providing additional content in the mean time.

State of the Arch is back with a vengeance, this time providing two perspectives on the issue of the impact that next year's tuition fee rises will have on archaeology as a whole and those who wish to pursue a career in the field. While Rachel Sites provides us with a blog post considering the implications of the use of satellites and other high-tech advances in archaeology that have been hitting the headlines in recent months.

This update also sees the return of the old fan-favourite 20 Questions, but with a slight difference. Having seemingly run out of staff members to grill, we've decided to turn to those archaeologists who work out in the field, as well as other areas. Our first participant in this new setup is commercial archaeologist Julian Thorley.