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Category: Postgraduate

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Postgraduate Student Stories Zooarchaeology

PhD thesis earns prize for UHI Archaeology Institute researcher

Dr Magdalena Blanz has been awarded the BAG-Förderpreis 2021 by the Austrian Society for Bioarchaeology (BAG) for her PhD dissertation.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, January 31, 2023 (9:00am)Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (7:32am)
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Courses Postgraduate

Archaeological studies MLitt accepting students for January start

Our MLitt in Archaeological Studies is accepting students to start in January 2023. Students can undertake the course at a UHI campus or online, giving those interested that chance to study archaeology from your their own home and gain a postgraduate qualification from the UHI Archaeology Institute.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, November 17, 2022 (11:25am)Thursday, November 17, 2022 (1:04pm)
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Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation Postgraduate

‘Burning issues’ – funded MRes studentship available looking at Ness of Brodgar burnt animal bone

The UHI Archaeology Institute has a funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentship available, looking at the burnt bone assemblages from the Ness of Brodgar Neolithic complex.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, October 24, 2022 (8:00am)Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (9:04am)
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Neolithic Postgraduate Undergraduate

Students head west for a taste of the Orcadian Neolithic

A selection of photographs from this morning’s student field trip led by Professor Jane Downes, Dr Ben Elliott, Dr Scott Timpany and Dr James Moore.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, October 7, 2022 (3:14pm)Friday, October 7, 2022 (3:14pm)
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News Postgraduate

Graduate’s special prizegiving at Bergen conference

Professor Ingrid Mainland is pictured presenting Adam Markham with this year’s prize for best performance in postgraduate archaeology.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, September 30, 2022 (1:08pm)Friday, September 30, 2022 (1:08pm)
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(Antonia Thomas)
Art & Archaeology Postgraduate

Students extremely satisfied with postgraduate archaeology courses

For the second year running our MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology has a 100 per cent student satisfaction rating, while our MLitt in Archaeological Studies secured a 94 per cent satisfaction rate.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, August 13, 2022 (10:30am)Friday, August 26, 2022 (9:49am)
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Postgraduate Research

PhD success for another Archaeology Institute student

UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Darroch Bratt has passed his viva with flying colours.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, July 25, 2022 (7:54pm)Monday, August 22, 2022 (2:02pm)
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Drystane Wall
News Postgraduate

Funded PhD opportunity – exploring drystone construction in the Northern Isles

Our colleagues at the Institute for Northern Studies UHI have a fully funded PhD studentship available looking at the cultural significance of drystone construction in Shetland and Orkney.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, May 5, 2022 (12:15pm)Thursday, May 5, 2022 (12:15pm)
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Conference Postgraduate Research Undergraduate

Call for Scottish Student Archaeology Society conference papers

A call has gone out to Archaeology Institute students interested in participating in the 2022 Scottish Student Archaeology Society Conference.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, December 20, 2021 (11:39am)Thursday, January 13, 2022 (8:42pm)
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Postgraduate Student Stories Undergraduate

This year’s archaeology special award winners

Three archaeology students were recognised at the 2021 Orkney College special awards ceremony this week.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, October 22, 2021 (7:39pm)Friday, October 22, 2021 (7:39pm)
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Excavation under way at The Cairns broch
Postgraduate Research

MRes and PhD research under way at the Archaeology Institute

With today being the deadline for three part-funded MRes studentships, now would be a good time to take a look at the research currently under way by University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute students.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, October 18, 2021 (9:19am)Wednesday, October 20, 2021 (10:16am)
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Bone deposit from the Ness of Brodgar
LIFTE Ness of Brodgar Postgraduate Research

Only days left to apply for our part-funded MRes studentships

There’s only a few days left to apply if you’re interested in applying for one of the three part-funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentships at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, October 15, 2021 (12:41pm)Friday, October 15, 2021 (4:43pm)
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LIFTE Ness of Brodgar Postgraduate Research

Three part-funded MRes places available at UHI Archaeology Institute

The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute has three part-funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentships available – two for the LIFTE project and one relating to the Ness of Brodgar.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, September 14, 2021 (8:30am)Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (8:36am)
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Bronze Age Iron Age Postgraduate Research

Congratulations Hannah! Institute’s first MRes passes with flying colours

University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute research postgraduate student Hannah Genders Boyd has been awarded her Masters by Research (MRes) – the institute’s first.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, August 23, 2021 (10:19am)
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Rumination. (Matthew Webb)
Art & Archaeology Postgraduate

100 per cent satisfaction rating from Art and Archaeology Masters students

At the end of its first year, the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology secured a 100 per cent satisfaction rating in the Postgraduate Teaching Experience Survey.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, August 19, 2021 (2:23pm)Thursday, August 19, 2021 (2:27pm)
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Courses Postgraduate

University of the Highlands and Islands rated highly by postgraduate students

The University of the Highlands and Islands has been rated as one of the top universities in the UK for postgraduate students

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, August 13, 2021 (2:00pm)Thursday, August 12, 2021 (8:16pm)
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