Hi I'm Courtenay-Ell Crichton-Turley and I'm studying 
European Prehistory Master at the University of Sheffield at the moment
What I've really enjoyed about the course is how varied the modules are
You're not streamlined into one area - for me prehistory
You can look at a broad spectrum of things 
And the lecturers are happy to help you get on to any module choice and really fit the timetable around you
And considering I'm a part-time student I've never had any problems with the part-time structure of it 
So, I've been able to work full-time as the same time as studying for a degree here   
So, that's been really great
You can have a taste of everything
And at the end of it you can be like well no this is what I'm particularly interested in  
And this is what I'm going to further my studies in with my dissertation or go on to a PhD
I originally chose to study at Sheffield on recommendation from my old university
One of my old lecturers came to Sheffield and told me how great it was
And then I came to look at Sheffield
Looked at the module choices 
And absolutely fell in love with the place, fell in love with the Department 
There are so many excavation opportunities, osteology opportunities, lab opportunities  
Not just around this country all around Europe and America as well
It was only last summer I was in Italy excavating with Maurieen Carroll on a Roman villa site in the South of Italy
Which was absolute fascinating to work on 
I also got funding from the University to go out there, which was really great
So they make it available to everyone 
It's just so varied here and friendly, it's wonderful, I really enjoy it
The facilities here have been great
Especially never having done osteology before and with my introduction to osteology module
Having such great teaching assemblages that the University has access to within its own department 
Meant that the tuition was incredibly thorough  
It was a crash course, it was one semester to learn the introduction to basically everything to do with osteology
From pathologies, to ageing, to sexing, it was very interesting     
And through that I was able to write a osteology report for an excavation
And I wouldn't have been able to do that without the access to all the osteological equipment 
and lab equipment that they have a stone's through away from where I write my essays 
There are quite a few commercial companies that are located around here
And the University has really good links with some of the companies
And there's a lot of studentships that are build up between the University and commercial Archaeology companies
Which means that students can get on paid scholarships with a commercial company 
and get experience of what commercial Archaeology is like
But all different areas of commercial Archaeology as well  
So it's not just always excavating in the field, it's also doing 3D modeling or GIS
So there's loads of opportunities with this University and surrounding companies and museums and libraries 
That are all on our doorstep
My CV is blossoming since I've come to Sheffield
I've gained incredible tuition 
I've learnt so much over the last two years
And really found the niche in Archaeology of what I want to do
And become more sure of myself which is really nice
Because when you finish at undergraduate you're very "Oh am I an archaeologist? I don't really know"
"I'm unsure about everything I say"
And so it's grounded some very good ideas about how I fell about Archaeology and how I fell I can discuss Archaeology
My advice to prospective students is even if you sign up for a degree here 
and it seems like you'll be just studying that degree for example my prehistory
Once you get here look at the other modules, talk to your supervisor
Because you can really get involved with a huge variety of module choices 
Whereas at other universities which I looked at when I was looking at Masters
They streamlined you into a certain field
At this University they really like you using a variety of modules to really build up a good base knowledge of Archaeology in general  
Dip in and out of modules, see what you want to do
And experience all of Archaeology not just one area of it
