Miles, mud and mortuary practice – a day at Orkney’s chambered cairns
Unperturbed by mud and standing water, a group of hardy students clocked up a few miles today on a field trip to take in four of Orkney’s best known Neolithic chambered cairns.
Category: Postgraduate
Cupar premiere for student film
A film by MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology student Beckie Little gets its world premiere in Fife on Sunday, September 27.
Congratulations Jenny – another PhD student passes viva examination
Jenny Murray has passed her PhD viva examination with corrections.
Report from the field – notes on a PhD research trip to Orkney
PhD student Sophie Durbin looks back on her summer research trip to Orkney.
Archaeology Festival: Neolithic deer, energy walk and The Cairns
Three institute events – a talk on red deer, The Cairns and exploring the history of wind power in Orkney.
Archaeology Festival: Emerging research at the institute
Some of our PhD students will give presentations on their ongoing research at an event at UHI Orkney on Thursday, September 10, as part of the second OAS Orkney Archaeology Festival.
A day among the monuments for new archaeology students
To mark the start of the academic year, 27 of our new undergraduate and postgraduate students – from all over the globe – experienced all the weather Orkney could throw at them today on a field trip to the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site.
Final week to apply for North Sea Heritage project’s funded PhDs
Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.
Coast & Cairn exhibition in Stromness
An exhibition by Jemima Hall, part of her MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology final project, runs at the Clook Gallery, Stromness, from September 12 -16.
July 31 deadline for Carnegie Masters Grant applications
The closing date to apply for the Carnegie Education Fund’s postgraduate grant – which is to help students from low-income Scottish households undertake master’s programmes at Scottish universities – is July 31, 2026.
MA student selected for Shetland-Norway residency
MA Contempoary Art and Archaeology student Susan Pearson is in Norway after being selected for the 2026 Brig∂i Residency.
‘feel’ at Southampton’s Old Sail Loft
Artist Lucie Smith, who is currently studying for an MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology, will be leading ‘feel – an afternoon of conversation, listening, and collective making tomorrow, Saturday, June 13, at The Old Sail Loft, Southampton.
Looking back at 2026’s international medieval congress in the USA
A guest post by Sophie Durbin, UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student, on her recent ICMS conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
‘Suðreyjar | Innse Gall’ – exhibition of new work by Eòghann Mac Colla
Eòghann Mac Colla, who is in the final stages of the MA Contemporary Art & Archaeology, is currently exhibiting at the Hunter Saville Gallery in the Isle of Cumbrae.
Archaeology and Local Studies short course open to applications
If you’re interested in learning a bit more about the archaeology of your area, and archaeology generally, applications are now open for September and January entry to the Archaeology and Local Studies short course.
Hill and shore – coring gives students a glimpse of Orkney’s prehistoric landscape
The annual, two-week practical environmental archaeology module drew to a close on Friday with a field trip focusing on coring.
The bere experience – student excursion to Birsay’s Barony Mill
Students on the practical environmental archaeology module took a break from lab work and lectures yesterday for an excursion to Orkney’s last working water mill.
Students congregate for annual environmental archaeology sessions
The second week of our environmental archaeology “shortcourse” gets under way today, with the focus switching from zooarchaeology to archaeobotany.
‘Behind Closed Doors’ exhibition at the New Glasgow Society
Rowan Ormiston, who has just completed the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology will be exhibiting at the New Glasgow Society as part of the Q Canvas collective from May 30-June 2.
Student’s work features in ‘Where Threads Meet’ exhibition
MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology student Cathy Snelling is currently showing at Andelli Art, Wells, Somerset, until May 30.