‘Rousay Tales’ podcast launches on Friday, May 3
Life in Rousay, past and present, is the focus of a new podcast launching next Friday, May 3.
Renowned scholar to see sites and open Ness exhibition on Orkney visit
Professor Dame Mary Beard is in Orkney next month where she will open the Ness of Brodgar exhibition and be shown around some of the sites by UHI Archaeology Institute staff.
Students back at the Howe of Hoxa for practical survey module
A group of postgraduate students were at the Howe of Hoxa, South Ronaldsay, last week as part of their archaeological and geophysical survey module.
Fully funded PhD opportunity looking at the Hebridean Taighean Tughaidh
Weāre delighted to announce a fully funded PhD opportunity focusing on the āblackhousesā – Taighean Tughaidh – of the Western Isles.
Institute’s island issues experts welcome group from USA and Ireland
The UHI Archaeology Institute and Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT) hosted a field trip to Rousay earlier this month.
Job opening for Grassroots Heritage in Scotland project officer
The Scottish Community Heritage Alliance (SCHA) is looking for a Grassroots Heritage in Scotland project officer.
Institute lecturer on the shortlist for prestigious literary prize
Dr Antonia Thomas has been shortlisted for the Profile Books and Alexander Aitken Ideas Prize for the best debut trade non-fiction proposal from an academic.
Ness researcher awarded Royal Archaeological Institute prize for science
A researcher analysing lipids on Ness of Brodgar pottery sherds, has been awarded the Royal Archaeological Institute (RAI) prize for science on the archaeology of Britain and Ireland.
Hands-on approach to study brought Mila to Orkney from Oslo
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.
Back to the Taversoe Tuick
Some new photographs added to the Tombs of the Isles page after a visit to check some of the puzzling features in the Taversoe Tuick.
Students try their hand at walkover surveys during Wasdale walkabout
Just before Easter, the parish of Firth, in Orkneyās West Mainland, was the destination for a student fieldtrip looking at the finer details of walkover surveys.
New 3d model of the Broch of Gurness
A new 3d model from Historic Environment Scotland of the Broch of Gurness in Orkney’s West Mainland.
Swapping Oregon for Orkney to pursue forensic archaeology career
One of our most recent arrivals, Yasmin, hails from Oregon, USA, and moved to Orkney to start her BSc in Archaeological Science in 2023.
Places available on this summer’s ‘Ness to Ness’ art and archaeology workshop
We are delighted to open up the last remaining places on this year’s Ness to Ness art and archaeology course.
Blue skies and a brisk breeze for students’ hilltop augering session
Conditions were perfect for last week’s practical augering/core sampling session on the Hill of Lyradale, Firth, Orkney.
Fieldtrip focuses on the heritage and archaeology of Rousay
Our student fieldtrips continued last week with a visit to view archaeological and heritage sites in Rousay.