Students try their hand at walkover surveys during Wasdale walkabout
The parish of Firth, in Orkney’s West Mainland, was the destination for Friday’s student fieldtrip looking at the finer details of walkover surveys.
Category: Student Stories
Survey module takes students to a sunny Howe of Hoxa
A group of postgraduate students have been in South Ronaldsay this week carrying out survey work around the Howe of Hoxa.
Easter fieldtrip 2023 – day three
The third, and final, day of our fieldtrip saw us depart Helmsdale early in the morning and head south.
Easter fieldtrip 2023 – day two
Day two of the 2023 Student Easter fieldtrip.
Students’ Easter fieldtrip under way in Helmsdale
Students from the UHI Archaeology Institute made their way to Helmsdale, Sutherland, yesterday for this year’s Easter Fieldtrip.
Postgrad students go fieldwalking in the shadow of Maeshowe
Postgraduate students were out fieldwalking in Orkney’s West Mainland last week – their focus a newly ploughed field to the north-east of Maeshow
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.
Staff and students in Elgin for 2023’s first conference
Staff and students from the UHI Archaeology Institute have been in Elgin this week for the 2023 UHI Research Conference.
Archaeology student named Orkney College UHI Student of the Year
Archaeology student Francesca Meneghetti has been named Orkney College UHI’s 2022 Student of the Year.
This year’s archaeology special award winners
Three archaeology students were recognised at the 2021 Orkney College special awards ceremony this week.
‘Fuel for the Dead’: institute student’s scholarship presentation available to download
UHI Archaeology Institute undergraduate Sara Marinoni was successful in securing a Carnegie Vacation Scholarship this year and her final presentation is now available online.
‘More opportunities to grow and learn’ at UHI Archaeology Institute
Time for another “student story” – this time from Fredrik Fongen, who relocated to Orkney, from Norway, to study at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute. Here he explains why…
Interested in studying archaeology? Orkney is the place to be
After graduating from the University of the Highlands and Islands with a BA (Hons) in archaeology in 2016, Holly Young returned to the UHI Archaeology Institute in 2019 to undertake a Masters…
Thumbs up from archaeology students in annual satisfaction survey
Students have given their experience with the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute a definite thumbs-up.
The 2020 National Student survey shows that overall satisfaction for undergraduate archaeology students was 92.3 per cent. The Scottish average was 85 per cent.
Fitting study around work, from anywhere in the world…
Ailsa Westgarth is a project manager at a commercial archaeology company with offices in Scotland and England. She is currently undertaking an MLitt in archaeological studies, fitting her course work around her day job.
Studying archaeology ‘was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,’ says Gerry
Perth-based Gerry Gillies on his time as a mature student with the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.
Studying archaeology in Orkney – ‘A dream come true’
Mairead, an archaeology student with the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, tells us what drew her to archaeology and her experiences studying with the UHI.
Viva success for UHI PhD student
UHI Archaeology Institute student Magdalena Blanz has passed her PhD viva examination.
Archaeology undergraduate named Higher Education Student of the Year
Gary Lloyd, an archaeology student based at Orkney College UHI, has been named overall winner of the University of the Highlands and Islands Higher Education Student of the Year award.
Student Research – Reconstructing the Bronze & Iron Age Landscape of Gairloch
University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute postgraduate student Hannah Genders Boyd updates us on her continuing MRes research into the Bronze and Iron Age landscapes of Gairloch on the west coast of Scotland.