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Setting up at the coring site. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Archaeobotany Postgraduate Student Stories Undergraduate

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.

By Sigurd TowrieMonday, June 1, 2026 (11:31am)Tuesday, June 2, 2026 (11:15am)
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Mill stones. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Archaeobotany Postgraduate Student Stories Undergraduate

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.

By Sigurd TowrieWednesday, May 27, 2026 (10:42am)Wednesday, May 27, 2026 (10:42am)
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Archaeobotany Postgraduate Student Stories Undergraduate Zooarchaeology

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.

By Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 25, 2026 (10:32am)Monday, May 25, 2026 (10:32am)
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Art & Archaeology Postgraduate Student Stories

‘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.

By Sigurd TowrieThursday, May 21, 2026 (9:34am)Thursday, May 21, 2026 (9:34am)
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Art & Archaeology Postgraduate Student Stories

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.

By Sigurd TowrieThursday, May 14, 2026 (10:10am)Thursday, May 14, 2026 (10:10am)
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Art & Archaeology Featured Student Stories

Student selected for Edinburgh’s ‘Earth Matters’ exhibition

MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology student Becky Little is one of the selected artists taking part in the Earth Matters exhibition at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Inverleith House Gallery.

By Sigurd TowrieMonday, May 4, 2026 (10:11am)Monday, May 4, 2026 (9:49am)
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Conan Stone. (📷 HES)
Pictish Stone Postgraduate Research Student Stories

Congratulations Michael – Conan Stone researcher’s MRes success

Congratulation to Michael Zambon who has passed his MRes viva examination with minor corrections.

By Sigurd TowrieWednesday, April 29, 2026 (9:06am)Wednesday, April 29, 2026 (9:32am)
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Iron Age Postgraduate Student Stories

MLitt student talks souterrains at Scottish Crannog Centre on Friday

UHI Archaeology Institute postgraduate student Annie Anderson is giving a talk on Iron Age souterrains at the Scottish Crannog Centre on Friday, May 1, at 3pm.

By Sigurd TowrieTuesday, April 28, 2026 (9:26am)Monday, April 27, 2026 (10:27am)
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Maeshowe. (Jim Richardson)
Art & Archaeology Neolithic Postgraduate Research Student Stories Viking/Norse

Publication and funding success for PhD student

Sophie Durbin, a UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student, has published an article in a special edition of Different Visions, which puts forward a novel approach to Orkney’s Norse and Neolithic archaeology through the lens of post-modern performance.

By Sigurd TowrieSaturday, April 25, 2026 (9:46am)Friday, April 24, 2026 (9:51am)
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(📷 Julia Cussans)
Postgraduate Shetland Student Stories Undergraduate

More from the Shetland field trip…

The UHI Archaeology Institute field trip to Shetland ended on Friday after three days exploring the islands’ historical sites.

By Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 10, 2026 (7:31pm)Tuesday, April 14, 2026 (10:20am)
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Postgraduate Shetland Student Stories Undergraduate

Exploring Shetland’s archaeological delights on students’ Easter field trip

A group from the UHI Archaeology Institute headed north to Shetland for this year’s annual student field trip.

By Sigurd TowrieThursday, April 9, 2026 (11:25am)Tuesday, April 14, 2026 (10:21am)
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Installation view of work by Caitlin Brodie
Art & Archaeology Postgraduate Student Stories

Students’ artwork on display at Pier Arts Centre

The artwork of two of the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology students is on show at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until April 18.

By Sigurd TowrieTuesday, April 7, 2026 (10:40am)Tuesday, April 7, 2026 (10:40am)
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(📷 Jen Harland)
Skaill Farm Student Stories Undergraduate

Undergrads focus on iron artefacts and ceramics from Skaill farm

Undergraduate students Milly Wilson and Yazzy Qaqundah have been analysing the ceramic and iron assemblages from the Skaill farm excavation, Rousay.

By Sigurd TowrieThursday, April 2, 2026 (9:24am)Thursday, April 2, 2026 (11:57am)
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Conan Stone. (📷 HES)
Pictish Stone Postgraduate Research Student Stories

MRes student outlines Conan Stone research at public talk in Inverness

Postgraduate student Michael Zambon will give a talk on his research on the Conan Stone in Inverness tomorrow, Thursday, March 19.

By Sigurd TowrieWednesday, March 18, 2026 (9:53am)Monday, March 23, 2026 (9:27am)
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Art & Archaeology Postgraduate Student Stories

MA student exhibits in Edinburgh

Jackie Flanagan, a student on the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology, recently participated in the ‘Holding Conversations’ exhibition in Edinburgh.

By Sigurd TowrieWednesday, March 11, 2026 (9:30am)Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (9:30am)
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Earthbound Orkney Exhibition
Art & Archaeology Postgraduate Student Stories

‘Earthbound Orkney’ exhibition moves to Leith

After premiering at the Maeshowe visitor centre in Orkney, the Earthbound Orkney exhibition can now be viewed at the Custom Lane Gallery, Leith, until March 26.

By Sigurd TowrieWednesday, March 4, 2026 (8:55am)Monday, March 2, 2026 (12:09pm)
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Copyright Grant Anderson, www.grantanderson.me, @grantandersondotme
Art & Archaeology Postgraduate Student Stories

Student’s artist-in-residence experience in Aberdeen

MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology student Anna Gardiner shares her experience of a residency in Aberdeen.

By Sigurd TowrieFriday, February 27, 2026 (9:15am)Friday, February 27, 2026 (9:15am)
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Postgraduate Research Student Stories Undergraduate

Dissertation prizes top off successful student conference in Aberdeen

It’s been a successful weekend for the UHI Archaeology Institute at the Scottish Student archaeology Society conference (SSACC) conference in Aberdeen.

By Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 23, 2026 (11:05am)Monday, April 27, 2026 (10:08am)
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