The Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield has a long history of field work in the Peak District. Alternatively, second year students may take three week placements on the first year students' South Yorkshire project. In addition to these field courses, funding is available for independent fieldwork. Single honours students are required to complete between four and eight weeks fieldwork, according to their future intentions. This work will be an approved project.
Students have the opportunity to work on a departmental project abroad.
The location of which changes from time to time, but they include excavation and survey in France, the central Mediterranean and central Europe. If you are looking for a independant dig to join then the Current Archaeology listings provide a good guide to what is going on in Britain.