John Honey: ‘a martyr to humanity’ I have seen many affecting scenes, heard many eloquent men, but this …
Wednesday June 19, 2019
International St Andrews: from Edgecliffe to Madagascar
Michael Docherty graduated with an MA in Philosophy in 2004 and tried several different career paths before he took up the post of Administrative Director in Centre ValBio, Madagascar. In this video clip he describes the different opportunities that a degree from St Andrews has given him, and how ValBio came to be shortlisted …
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I started my St Andrews journey in September 2011, when I arrived in Scotland for the very first …
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Every year on the first day of May, as the sun begins to rise above St Andrews, students …
Thursday May 2, 2019
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A career studying rocks from other worlds …
Dr Jessica Barnes graduated from St Andrews with a first-class BSc in Geosciences in 2011 and is now working for NASA on a project which will continue the scientific legacy of the Apollo missions. We thought we would find out about what the project entails and how her time at the University of St Andrews contributed to…
30 April 2019Alumni stories
Noor Huda Ismail: changemaker
Noor Huda Ismail (MLitt International Security Studies 2006) is a peacebuilder, writer and filmmaker specialising in de-radicalisation and counter-terrorism. He founded theInstitute of International Peace Building to develop the means to reform former terrorists and reintegrate them back into mainstream Indonesian society through research, arts and civil society initiatives. In recognition of this work, Huda has been featured…
27 March 2019Alumni stories
Saathi wins 2019 St Andrews Prize for the Environment
A project which produces eco-friendly, 100% biodegradable and compostable sanitary pads in the state of Gujarat, India, has won the 2019 St Andrews Prize for the Environment. The sanitary product is composed of agricultural waste from banana tree farmers and enables girls and women in rural Jharkhand to have access to clean biodegradable menstruation products. The…
7 March 2019News