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Category: Postgraduate

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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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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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Brough of Birsay.
Courses Postgraduate

Archaeological studies MLitt accepting students for January start

Our MLitt in Archaeological Studies is accepting students to start in January 2022. 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 TowrieMonday, December 13, 2021 (10:25am)Monday, December 13, 2021 (10:25am)
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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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Courses Postgraduate

Limited number of funded archaeology Masters places available

There are still a limited number of funded places for students looking to undertake an MLitt in Archaeological Studies or an MSc in Archaeological Practice at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, July 25, 2021 (11:09am)
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Archaeology Courses Postgraduate

Interested in an MSc in archaeological practice? There’s no better place to study than Orkney

There are some places still available in the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute MSc in archaeological practice – a world-leading course that equips students with the tools for work in the real world.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, July 23, 2021 (8:00am)Friday, August 13, 2021 (2:41pm)
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Courses Postgraduate

Places available on our Masters archaeological studies course – wherever you are in the world!

There are still some places available for students on our MLitt Archaeological Studies course, which gets under way in September.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, June 22, 2021 (12:53pm)Sunday, July 25, 2021 (11:12am)
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Postgraduate Research

Funded PhD Opportunity – Researching the politics of the past in Scotland

The Archaeology Department at the University of Aberdeen is offering a fully funded PhD position in heritage studies and archaeopolitics. The project is situated within the growing interdisciplinary research direction of “the politics of the past”.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, May 7, 2021 (8:05am)Friday, May 7, 2021 (10:43am)
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Postgraduate Research

New Masters project researching archaeological benefits of roadworks

The archaeological benefits of roadwork developments in Scotland is the subject of a new Masters by Research (MRes) project funded by Transport Scotland.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, December 1, 2020 (8:36am)Thursday, March 25, 2021 (7:20pm)
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Archaeology Postgraduate Research

Another Archaeology Institute PhD student celebrates viva success

Jasmijn Sybenga, a student at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, has passed her PhD viva, with no corrections.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, November 22, 2020 (12:40pm)Monday, May 31, 2021 (3:53pm)
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