Hockey – a lifelong passion
Emily Dark is a third year undergraduate and University of St Andrews hockey player – and hockey scholar – who has been invited to train with the full Senior Great Britain (GB) Women’s Hockey team. Here, she answers…
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How I went ‘from zero to hero’: the journey from undergraduate to graduate
Sagar Kumar (BSc Management 2020) had a less than stellar start to his University career. But with a little help from the University and his friends he completed his degree and is now (amongst many other things) a life…
The Student Bubble
Olivia Dovernor (MChem 2020) not only had a successful academic career at St Andrews: she also came up with the idea of a property app – The Student Bubble – to make it easier for other students to apply for private…
Why I give back…
It’s a source of great pride to us that our alumni give so generously to our scholarship programmes. With your support we can widen access, nurture talent and maximise potential at the University of St Andrews by…
With great power there must also come great responsibility …
Madeline Silton is a third-year undergraduate studying English at St Andrews. In this blog she describes why she became interested in filmmaking, the experience of making her first film and how being a student here has…
Fieldwork in the time of COVID-19
Ann Gillian Chu started her PhD (Divinity) programme at St Andrews in 2018. She was conducting her fieldwork research in Hong Kong when the pandemic struck. The Development team asked Gillian about her fieldwork…
Music at St Andrews: the best of all worlds
Fiona Croal (MA 2019) discovered that St Andrews offers the best of both worlds to those who are passionate about music: she was able to graduate in Economics while still enjoying all the wonderful opportunities and…
St Andrews Renaissance Group/Singers 65th Anniversary
Dear former members of St Andrews Ren Group, now known as St Andrews Renaissance Singers or STARS, I am writing in my capacity as co-chair of the STARS Committee to let you know a little bit about our upcoming online…
How to start a law career in the middle of a pandemic
Alanood Sinjab graduated from St Andrews in 2017 with an MA in International Relations and Philosophy. Following two years at Law School, she had just begun the first week proper of her training contract when the…
A message from the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sally Mapstone FRSE
Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends, I have today written to students and staff to update them on plans for our new academic year in September, and to provide detail on the ways in which we will resume teaching and…