Gary secures PhD scholarship to continue his research into stone tools
After completing a BA and two Masters degrees with us, Gary Lloyd has won a prestigious PhD scholarship to investigate Neolithic stone tools from Orkney.
After completing a BA and two Masters degrees with us, Gary Lloyd has won a prestigious PhD scholarship to investigate Neolithic stone tools from Orkney.
A group of postgraduate students were at the Howe of Hoxa, South Ronaldsay, last week as part of their archaeological and geophysical survey module.
Eighteen-year-old Mila hails from Oslo, Norway, and has made her way across the North Sea to study a BSc (Hons) Archaeological Science with us.
Just before Easter, the parish of Firth, in Orkney’s West Mainland, was the destination for a student fieldtrip looking at the finer details of walkover surveys.
One of our most recent arrivals, Yasmin, hails from Oregon, USA, and moved to Orkney to start her BSc in Archaeological Science in 2023.
Conditions were perfect for last week’s practical augering/core sampling session on the Hill of Lyradale, Firth, Orkney.
Our student fieldtrips continued last week with a visit to view archaeological and heritage sites in Rousay.
Postgraduate students were back out fieldwalking in Orkney’s West Mainland last week, this time focusing on a newly ploughed field at the north-western end of the Loch of Stenness.
Two posts regarding the ongoing post-excavation work with animal bone at the Ness of Brodgar.
Congratulations to UHI Archaeology Institute student Sandra Henry, who has passed her PhD viva examination.
Learning more about the history and archaeology of Kirkwall on the last student fieldtrip of 2023.
Our first fieldtrip of the new semester took place yesterday, with some of our new undergraduate students joined by existing postgrads for an introduction to Orkney’s archaeology.
An exhibition on Neolithic pottery, curated by student Lois Combs, is running at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall, until September 30.
Undergraduate student Sarah James reports on her experience over the two-week excavation field school at Skaill farm, Rousay.
A group of postgraduate students have been in South Ronaldsay this week carrying out survey work around the Howe of Hoxa.
The third, and final, day of our fieldtrip saw us depart Helmsdale early in the morning and head south.
Day two of the 2023 Student Easter fieldtrip.
Students from the UHI Archaeology Institute made their way to Helmsdale, Sutherland, yesterday for this year’s Easter Fieldtrip.