Postgraduate research

Archaeology at Reading has an international reputation for the quality of its research and the excellence of its teaching. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, it was rated top in the UK for world-leading research in Archaeology. We pride ourselves on providing a stimulating and friendly environment for postgraduate students to pursue research.

As part of a larger School of Human and Environmental Sciences you will have access to a wide range of high quality laboratory and computing facilities. Strong links with other Schools and Departments in the University offer access to resources for both humanities-based and science-based archaeological research.

Read more about:

• Opportunities available to postgraduate research students in Archaeology
• Current PhD Research projects

Careers for postgraduate research students

What kinds of careers have Reading Archaeology PhD's gone into? Below is a sample, to provide an idea of the range of jobs achieved by some of our graduates of the last 12 years:

Lectureships

• Howard Williams (completed 1999) - Professor of Archaeology at the University of Chester
• Hella Eckardt (completed 2000) - Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Reading
• David Petts (completed 2001) - Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Durham
• Chris King (completed 2006) - Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Nottingham
• Sam Smith (completed 2006) - Lecturer in Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University
• Duncan Sayer (Completed 2007) - Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Central Lancashire

Research Fellows/Assistants

• Andrew Pearson (completed 2000) - Leverhulme Research Fellowship, University of Bristol
• Cheryl Allum (completed 2001) - Research Officer on Glastonbury Project, University of Reading
• Anna Machin (completed 2006) - Research Fellow, Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford
• Lucy Cramp (completed 2008) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemistry/Archaeological Science at the University of Bristol
• Anwen Cooper (completed 2010) Postdoctoral Research Fellow on 'Landscapes & identities' Project, University of Oxford

Heritage Management & Commercial Archaeology

• Andrew Pearson (completed 2000) - Archaeological Consultancy (http://pearsonarchaeology.com/)
• Ruth Shaffrey (completed 1998) - Artefact Specialist, Oxford Archaeology
• Karin Altenberg (completed 2001) - Senior Advisor, Swedish National Heritage Board
• Jonathan Foyle (completed 2002) - Chief Executive of World Monuments Fund Britain
• Rupert Goulding (completed 2007) - Regional curator for the National Trust
• Kevin Hayward (completed 2006) - Artefact Specialist, Pre-construct Archaeology
• Rowena Banerjea (completed 2011) - National Heritage Science Forum Coordinator, Centre for Sustainable Heritage

Research Management

• Eve Nimmo (completed 2008) - Grants facilitator at the University of Manitoba
• Edeltraud Aspoeck (completed 2009) - Grants facilitator at the Austrian Academy of Science

Other

• Aaron Watson (completed 2000) - Freelance, archaeologist, archaeological illustrator and artist (www.monumental.uk.com).
• Karin Altenberg (completed 2001) - Published novelist (Island of Wings).
• Jonathan Foyle (completed 2002) - Architectural historian and broadcaster, with multiple programmes on the BBC and Channel 4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Foyle).