Join the ORCA team on North Isles industrial heritage fieldwork
Join the ORCA team carrying out industrial heritage fieldwork in Orkney’s North Isles over the next two weeks.
Ness of Brodgar exhibition running at the Orkney Museum until September
To mark the the final season of excavation, the Ness of Brodgar is the subject of a major new exhibition at the Orkney Museum this summer.
Sit back and enjoy – Rousay Tales launches with a look at ‘Dwelling’
The first episode of a new podcast looking at life in Rousay, past and present, is now live.
Top spot for Holly’s research poster
PhD student Holly Young took the award for best research poster at the recent UHI Postgraduate Research Student Conference.
Institute director shares knowledge at sustainable development conference
Professor Jane Downes was among the experts participating in the NORA – UNESCO Network Conference in Edinburgh on Friday.
Project takes to the fields in search of early prehistoric activity in Stronsay
We’ve been out in Stronsay for a two-day fieldwalking exercise looking for evidence of the island’s early prehistory.
Funded PhD studentship looking historic landscapes and climate change adaptation
Newcastle University is inviting applications for a four-year PhD studentship looking at historic landscape character and climate change adaptation
Industrial heritage project launches end with event in North Ronaldsay
The last of the launch events for ORCA’s new industrial heritage project takes place in Rousay today, Monday, April 29, 2024.
Renowned scholar to see sites and open Ness exhibition on Orkney visit
Professor Dame Mary Beard is in Orkney next month where she will open the Ness of Brodgar exhibition and be shown around some of the sites by UHI Archaeology Institute staff.
Students back at the Howe of Hoxa for practical survey module
A group of postgraduate students were at the Howe of Hoxa, South Ronaldsay, last week as part of their archaeological and geophysical survey module.
Fully funded PhD opportunity looking at the Hebridean Taighean Tughaidh
We’re delighted to announce a fully funded PhD opportunity focusing on the “blackhouses” – Taighean Tughaidh – of the Western Isles.
Institute’s island issues experts welcome group from USA and Ireland
The UHI Archaeology Institute and Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT) hosted a field trip to Rousay earlier this month.
Job opening for Grassroots Heritage in Scotland project officer
The Scottish Community Heritage Alliance (SCHA) is looking for a Grassroots Heritage in Scotland project officer.
Institute lecturer on the shortlist for prestigious literary prize
Dr Antonia Thomas has been shortlisted for the Profile Books and Alexander Aitken Ideas Prize for the best debut trade non-fiction proposal from an academic.
Ness researcher awarded Royal Archaeological Institute prize for science
A researcher analysing lipids on Ness of Brodgar pottery sherds, has been awarded the Royal Archaeological Institute (RAI) prize for science on the archaeology of Britain and Ireland.
Hands-on approach to study brought Mila to Orkney from Oslo
Eighteen-year-old Mila hails from Oslo, Norway, and has made her way across the North Sea to study a BSc (Hons) Archaeological Science with us.
Back to the Taversoe Tuick
Some new photographs added to the Tombs of the Isles page after a visit to check some of the puzzling features in the Taversoe Tuick.
Students try their hand at walkover surveys during Wasdale walkabout
Just before Easter, the parish of Firth, in Orkney’s West Mainland, was the destination for a student fieldtrip looking at the finer details of walkover surveys.