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Project history: The story so far…
The project is run by director Martin Carruthers, lecturer in archaeology for UHI at Orkney College and excavation work has been taking place since 2006. An aerial view of The Cairns taken in 2009. This is not the first excavation at ...
Orkney College – Courses in Archaeology
The course is taught by staff from Orkney College and from other UHI Millennium Institute partner institutions including Shetland College and Lews Castle College. Students will also work with the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology ...
Visual arts talent showcased at Orkney College
PREVIOUS reviewers of the Art and Design Department's Annual Exhibition have commented on the quality and variety of work on view, and this year is no exception.
Focus on Scotland
Jewel and Esk Valley College, Dalkeith Lauder College, Dunfermline Lews Castle College, Isle of Lewis Moray College, Elgin Newbattle Abbey College, Dalkeith Oatridge Agriculture College, Broxburn Orkney College, Orkney ...
Orkneyjar Archaeology News - The Cantick mound that turned square
A team from ORCA (Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology) based at Orkney College were joined by students from Durham University and local volunteers who received training as part of the Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership scheme. ...
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Historic moment for Orkney's UHI graduates
... granted by the Privy Council in August last year. Orkney College uhi's graduation ceremony is taking place in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. UHI students will receive their scrolls from James Fraser, UHI principal designate.
Fish is on the menu at healthy cooking demo
A COOKERY Demonstration that will focus on healthy eating, in particular the benefits of eating fresh fish, and raise money for the RNLI and Orkney College is taking place at the college next Wednesday, March 17.
Archaeology and Sustainable Development Project Officer
Orkney College / Orkney Islands Council :: (LOCATION: Orkney) :: (CLOSING DATE: 02/07/2010)" More...
Orcades update
THE Centre for Nordic Studies will soon be hosting a public lecture by Dr Jim Wilson on the progress of the Orcades project. This event will take place on Thursday July 3 in the lecture theatre at Orkney College. ...
Whats on Listing - Orkney Today
Orkney college are having an Open Day from 1pm-6pm. Are you interested in: Archaeology, Agriculture, Agronomy, Art and Design, Business, Child and Youth Studies, Construction, Computing, Cultural Studies, Geophysics, Horticulture, ...
Orkney College graduates receive awards
In a cathedral packed with the graduates, their families and friends, the opening speech was delivered by Dr Bill Ross, principal of Orkney College UHI, followed by a few words by Doris Hutchison, vice-chair of the college management ...
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What's On listing updated - Orkney Today
AOP (Another Orkney Production) presents Celebrating Scapa Flow, Pirates and Privateers, Friday 2nd May, 7pm, Lectures at Orkney College; Privateers and Orkney Pirates, Dr R P Fereday and Steve Murdoch, Saturday 3rd May, ...
End of year art show at Orkney College
THE end of another year in the life of Orkney College's art department is fast approaching and the students are busying themselves in preparation for what promises to be yet another excellent exhibition of art and design work.
Another Busy Year For Archaeology On Orkney In 2008 | Culture24
Martin Carruthers (Site Director, Orkney College) explains: “This season's work focussed on later Iron Age buildings that have been constructed into and over the top of the remains of a very substantial 'Atlantic roundhouse' or ...
The Assembly Project awarded £850000 to study Vikings and Early ...
Bill Ross, principal of Orkney College UHI welcomed what now amounts to two successful project proposals relating to things. He added: “Orkney College, through our archaeology department, is a partner in another major project funded by ...
From the past to the future, Orkney inspires
The learning continues at nearby Ness of Brodgar where Orkney College – a key part of UHI – is undertaking its third year of major excavations . In fact, my visit came just days after painted stones, believed to be 5000 years old, ...
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Orkneyjar Archeology News - The Ring of Brodgar Excavation 2008
We had a visit last week to the site by Mike Russell, Minister for Environment and he also made a visit to the Orkney College Archaeology Department. He appeared very interested in Orkney's archaeology, and we were glad he had chosen to ...
Talking Stones
Dr Jane Downes of the Archaeology Department, Orkney College, UHI, and Dr Colin Richards of the University of Manchester are the project directors. Dr Downes said: "Because so little is known about the Ring of Brodgar, ...
Shetland view of Orkney Conference
It wis also a chance ta catch up wi auld friends – as I peched up da brae tae da Orkney College ta register fir da conference, a car stoppit alongside me, an da driver offered me a lift. It wis Michael Hance fae da Scots Language Centre ...
Orkney Archaeology Tours: Scottish Iron Age Matters Research Seminar
Have just spent a few days attending the SIAM seminars at Orkney College UHI - the aim was 'to present & discuss recent & ongoing research into the Scottish Iron Age'. It got off to a bit of a shaky start as we'd had gales on the ...
Media Releases - University of Aberdeen
My experience of studying in Orkney College through the University of Aberdeen has been incredible. Located in one of the most beautiful parts of Scotland, I have had the opportunity to really engage with the social and cultural aspects ...
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The class is instructed by staff from Orkney College and from other UHI Millenary Institute spouse establishments including Shetland College and Lews Palace College. Educatees will besides work with the Orkney Research Centre for ...
Orkney information and links
Orkneyjar – Excellent site covering all aspects of Orkney heritage www.orkneyjar.com. University of the Highlands and Islands – Orkney College The Cultural Studies Department specialise in the culture and language of Orkney ...
Orkneyjar Archaeology News - Hazelnut shell pushes back date of ...
The excavations are organised by Orkney College and funded by Orkney Islands Council, Friends of Orkney Archaeological Trust, the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Thanks to Historic Scotland ...
Stone Pages Archaeo News: Rare Bronze Age axe unearthed in Orkney
Initially, it was thought that the peat-encrusted object was an old tractor part, but once its significance was realised it was passed to Scott Chalmers, whose father, Jim, took it to the archaeology department in Orkney College. ...
Scottish Iron Age Matters
Over the 17th to 19th October, the Archaeology Department of Orkney College organised a seminar entitled 'Scottish Iron Age Matters'. This was held at the college and attended by a group of enthusiastic indviduals, from the well known ...
Aug 5 & 6: Reinvention Sewing Lounge
We'll be at the tipi on the lawn of Orkney College (right next to the car park) for 2 sessions only so be sure to book now if you're interested as we only have 8 spaces available each day. By the end of the two hour session, ...
Colleges in UK
... Lewis; Lochaber College, Fort William; Moray College, Elgin; NAFC Marine Centre (North Atlantic Fisheries College), Scalloway, Shetland; North Highland College, Thurso; Orkney College, Kirkwall, Orkney; Perth College, Perth ...
Orkneyjar - The Ness of Brodgar Excavations
Orkney College Logo, OIC Logo, Leader Logo, ERDF Lgo, UHI Logo, Scottish Government Logo. Orkney Archaeology Society. The 2010 excavation is supported by Orkney Islands Council, Russel Trust, Robert Kiln Trust, OAS, Historic Scotland, ...
Ring of Brodgar: ARCHAEOLOGISTS TRY TO DATE THE BRODGAR MEGALITHS ...
Within viewing distance of the Ring is the Ness of Brodgar, and another excavation funded by, OIC, Orkney College, Friends of Orkney Archaeology Trust, Robert Kiln Trust completed a third season of digging. ...
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Had a nice chat with a young girl who has applied to Cardonald College (where i did my HND) and had a look through her portfolio. Was very impressed. She has the sort of quirky pieces and odd drawings in her portfolio that i didnt start ...
Excavation day 5: 20.06.10
Sadly I was not able to help with getting the site up to scratch from day one, as I am studying for my MSc in shallow Geophysics at Orkney College. The last two days have given me the opportunity to gain some sanity from studying ...
Rabbie Burns, the Scottish bard
I must admit I hadn't realized how much pride Scots take in Burns (so much so that in his toast to the immortal memory, the president of Orkney College explained that Burns was a more famous writer than even that lesser-known English ...
Orkneyjar Archaeology News - Plough uncovers suspected chambered tomb
Picture: Orkney College What appears to be a Neolithic chambered tomb has been unearthed on the outskirts of Kirkwall. The underground structure was discovered by John Hourie, Heathfield, St Ola, while ploughing. He reported it to his ...
John Wishart is set to carry the flag again - Orkney Today
The honour of standard bearer has this year been bestowed on 28-year-old John Wishart, a technician in the Agronomy Institute at Orkney College. It is not the first time he has carried the flag. He was Standard Bearer back in 2000. ...
Orkneyjar Archaeology News -Experts stunned by scale of Brodgar ...
... into the Bronze Age, and structures spilled out to the north-west. The Ness of Brodgar excavations are supported by Orkney Islands Council, Orkney College, FOAT, Robert Kiln Trust, Orkney Archaeological Trust and Historic Scotland. ...
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Excavation Day 2: 17.06.10
I'ma lecturer with the Archaeology Department, Orkney College, UHI and my research is about investigating the social lives of later prehistoric communities in Orkney largely based upon the built remains they left behind. ...
What's On in Shetland – August 2010
Centre for Nordic Studies / Shetland Museum – Public Lecture: 'The Orkney Earldom' by Dr Barbara Crawford, St Andrew's University, in Shetland Museum, 7.30pm (also at Orkney College on 19th). Brae Hotel – Karaoke ...
Money went missing at Orkney College
MONEY was taken from a number of individuals in one of the changing rooms at Orkney College, between 2pm and 3.15pm yesterday, Wednesday November 18. Anyone with information about the theft or who saw anything suspicious at around this ...
Orkneyjar Archaeology News - New contender for Orkney's oldest ...
This excavation, however, will have to wait until a source of funding can be found. The excavation was facilitated by Orkney College and the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) and funded by Orkney Islands Council and Historic ...
Archaeology and Sustainable Development Project Officer
Orkney College / Orkney Islands Council :: (LOCATION: Orkney) :: (CLOSING DATE: 02/07/2010)"
Orkneyjar Archeology News - Wyre Neolithic Excavation Blog
I'm here doing my Masters degree in archaeology at Orkney College and there couldn't really be a better place to do it. I had already made acquaintances with the Flaws family and visited Wyre, so when Antonia and Dan told me there was ...
What's On in Shetland – June 2010 + on
25th: Centre for Nordic Studies / Shetland Museum – Public Lecture: 'Two Naturalists: Linnaeus & Willima McGillivray' by Dr Peter Graves, Edinburgh University, in NAFC Marine Centre, Scalloway, 7.30pm (also at Orkney College on 24th) ...
Touchwood volunteer needed
The pilot we need help with teaches basic sewing skills through three different classes, each aimed at different types of people and will all be taught by Kirsteen Stewart, local fashion designer and sewing instructor at Orkney College: ...
Green (Eday) Ancient Village or Settlement : The Megalithic Portal ...
A survey of the field was then carried out by the Orkney College Geophysics Unit in 2006 which suggested extensive archaeological remains. The dig was commissioned by the landowners and was carried out between the 19th – 31st August by ...
Schools closed tomorrow due to weather
ORKNEY Islands Council have now announced that, due to the severe weather forecast, the following establishments will be closed tomorrow (Friday February 1): All schools (pupils and staff) Orkney College (students only) Strynd Nursery ...
Environmental Geophysicist and Geophysics Technician - Orkney
Orkney College wishes to appoint an Environmental Geophysicist and Geophysics Technician to join the Geophysics Unit based at Orkney College. Located in one of the most archaeologically significant parts of Britain, the Unit is housed ...
Highlands and Islands Enterprise senior team meet Orkney groups to ...
Orkney College will be taking a senior team from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) back in time as they show how Orkney's historical past has a commercial future on the islands. HIE has invested almost half a million pounds to ...
Summer schools in Nordic studies open for enrolments :: UHI
The interdisciplinary Centre for Nordic Studies (CNS) is a unique initiative supported by UHI, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Orkney and Shetland councils and Orkney College UHI. It has four strategic aims - to promote and publicise ...
What's On in Shetland ? June 2010 | ShetlandTimes.co.uk
Public Lecture: 'Two Naturalists: Linnaeus & Willima McGillivray' by Dr Peter Graves, Edinburgh University, in NAFC Marine Centre, Scalloway, 7.30pm (also at Orkney College on 24th) .... Escapism Productions present Scaldin Bragg + ...
Stone Pages Archaeo News: Orkney find points to Scotland's ...
The arrowheads were found among a collection of scattered artefacts, including bladed tools, on a farm by Naomi Woodward and a team of MA students on an archaeology course at Orkney College. The discoveries were made during a two-week ...
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Double first for Orkney College students
Since last July Amy Allan has been working full time as President of the UHI Students' Association (UHISA), the first student from outside Inverness to hold this demanding post.
Orkney calls for action to save Celtic languages
Dr Heddle, director of the Centre for Nordic Studies at Orkney College UHI, said: Focussing on education and broadcasting allows us to look at minority languages at work. This conference underlines the fact that we need to learn from ...
Marine Archaeologist / Geomatics Officer
Orkney College, Orkney Islands Council :: (LOCATION: Orkney) :: (CLOSING DATE: 28/06/2010)" More...
MAG Spring Bulletin available to download; News from National ...
Orkney College is seeking a marine archaeologist. The closing date for applications for this three year post is 28 June. Archaeological Archives. The Archaeological Archive Forum has produced new guidance and a policy statement on the ...
“Small Expectations” by Donald S Murray: Multi-Venue Book Launch ...
... like to thank the UHI and especially the technical staff of Shetland College, The Millennium Institute in Inverness, Lewis Castle College in Stornoway, Orkney College in Kirkwall and Sabhal Mor Ostaig in Skye for their support. ...
HUGE NEOLITHIC BUILDING DISCOVERED IN ORKNEY (SCOTLAND) DIG
The dig, which has been operating since 2003, involves archaeologists from Orkney College and from Aberdeen, Glasgow and Cardiff universities. Volunteers have also traveled from the United States, Italy, Sweden and Ireland to take part. ...
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Languages Forum holds conference in Orkney
The Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster held its triennial conference last week at Orkney College in Kirkwall. The conference heard papers on attitudes to Scots in Midlothian, dialect and identity in Shetland and ...
Orkney Archaeologists Win Study Commission
Archaeologists at Orkney College UHI have won a grant of £84582 for a feasibility study which could result in UHI Millennium Institute leading Scotland in the research into cultural environments of the North Atlantic. ...
What's On in Shetland – October 2010 + on | ShetlandTimes.co.uk
29th: Centre for Nordic Studies / Shetland Museum – Public Lecture: 'The Growth of Royal Power in Scandinavia 800-1200AD' by Dr Frode Iversen, Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, in Shetland Museum, 7.30pm (also at Orkney College on 28th) ...
What's On in Shetland – September 2010 | ShetlandTimes.co.uk
Centre for Nordic Studies / Shetland Museum – Public Lecture: 'Placenames: Messengers from the Past… and from Across the North Sea' by Dr Berit Sandnes, Lund University, in Shetland Museum, 7.30pm (also at Orkney College on 21st) ...
BBC - Blether with Brian: The Blair-Brown effect
Moray College UHI Highland Theology UHI Lews Castle College UHI North Highland College UHI Orkney College UHI Shetland College UHI NAFC Marine College UHI With that area of coverage of the Highlands and Islands it must be second only to ...
Ring of Brodgar: Stone circle's secrets to be probed (News by moss)
A month-long programme will be undertaken by a 15-strong team of archaeologists and scientists from Orkney College, the University of The Highlands and Islands, Manchester University, Stirling University and The Scottish Universities ...
Environmental Geophysicist Geophysics Unit
Environmental Geophysicist Geophysics Unit Ref ED/017/09 Both full time, two years Orkney College wishes to appoint an Orkney College wishes to appoint an Environmental Geophysicist and Geophysics Technician to join the Geophysics Unit ...
School Leavers
David Jones – Orkney College – interest in English. Cammy Drever – Local Job. Scott Wilson – Construction Industry. Gareth Norquoy – Orkney College/ Mechanic. Jamie Fyfe – At sea – Banft & Bucha. Danielle Harper - Moving To Inverness ...
Isles to play host to meeting of Viking assemblies project
Sarah Jane Gibbon, a lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Orkney College, said: “The thing sites form part of our shared North European past and are physical representations of a once, and still, commonly-held perception of ...
Orkneyjar Archaeology News - South Walls mound looks like being a ...
Excavation supervisor was Dan Lee, from the Orkney Research Centre of Archaeology (ORCA), based at Orkney College. He explained: “The project continues the work of the late Judith Robertson, who undertook an archaeological landscape ...
Environmental Geophysics Technician, Orkney College
Orkney College – Geophysics Unit Full time, Temporary to October 2011 Ref: ED/004/10 Orkney College, a partner in the UHI Millennium Institute, wishes to appoint a suitably qualified person to the above post. ...
UK: Fully Funded PhD Studentships at Agronomy Institute, Orkney ...
[UK] Fully Funded PhD Studentships at Agronomy Institute, Orkney CollegeUHI Millennium Institute is a unique, multicentre network of colleges and research Institutions of national standing in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. ...
[UK] Fully Funded phd Studentships at Agronomy Institute, Orkney ...
Part of UHI-Orkney College, AI provides a high quality, dynamic research environment centred in Kirkwall, the historic capital of Orkney. The AI aims to address regional, national and international issues in agriculture through ...
HM project manager and the illustrator visit Orkney
The project manager of the Heritage Maps project, Rögnvaldur Guðmundsson, and the illustrator of the maps, Ingólfur Björg-vinsson, visited the HM partner in Orkney Islands, Orkney College, 2nd-4th of March 2008. Mrs. ...
Archaeologists Try To Date The Brodgar Megaliths On Orkney | Culture24
Within viewing distance of the Ring is the Ness of Brodgar, and another excavation funded by, OIC, Orkney College, Friends of Orkney Archaeology Trust, Robert Kiln Trust completed a third season of digging. This site offers the ...
Orkney: Untangling the history of the Cantick mound — News by goffik
A team from ORCA (Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology) based at Orkney College were joined by students from Aberdeen and Durham Universities. Local volunteers also received field training in Hoy, funded by the Scapa Flow Landscape ...
Experts uncover Orkney's new Skara Brae and the great wall that ...
The team from Orkney College and Orkney Archaeological Trust uncovered the buildings over the past few months. Oval and separated into chambers, their construction suggests they were temples. Other areas were used for domestic purposes. ...
Orkneyjar Archaeology News - Unearthing the Stone Age in Wyre
The project was funded by Orkney Islands Council, the Society of Antiquaries Scotland, the Flaws family and Orkney College/Orkney Archaeological Trust, with extra assistance provided by Wyre Well Boring Services and Orkney Ferries. ...
GEORGE MACKAY BROWN MEMORIAL LECTURE 2010 (Pier Arts Centre ...
These last words – and the mention of sagas – set the scene neatly for this year's lecture, by Dr Donna Heddle, programme leader in Cultural Studies at Orkney College, UHI, and Director of the Centre of Nordic Studies. ...
Ring of Brodgar [The Ring of Brogar] Stone Circle : The Megalithic ...
Dr Jane Downes, of Orkney College's archaeology department, one of the project directors, said: "Because so little is known about the Ring of Brodgar, a series of assumptions have taken the place of archaeological data. ...
Supply Archaeological Project Officers/Site Assistants
ORCA, Orkney College, Orkney Islands Council :: (LOCATION: Orkney) :: (CLOSING DATE: 04/06/2010)"
Orkneyjar Archaeology News - Hopes that Stronsay flints could ...
Naomi Woodward, of Orkney College, found the tanged points – thought to have been used between 10000 and 12000 years ago - in a flint scatter collected during the Stronsay Archaeological Survey in April 2007. ...
Transport Minister to visit Orkney
SCOTTISH Transport Minister, Tavish Scott, is set to visit Orkney next week to assess transport initiatives in the county and address a business breakfast meeting at Orkney College on Monday organised by Orkney Liberal Democrats. ...
Ness of Brodgar Ancient Village or Settlement : The Megalithic ...
Nick Card, project manager at the dig, began excavations two months ago with a team from Orkney College and Orkney Archaeological Trust. He said that the discovery had the potential to rank alongside Skara Brae, the Stone Age village ...
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