St Andrews – what’s not to love?
Ella Crowsley, a fourth-year undergraduate student studying English, tells us why she chose to come to St Andrews. She describes the experiences that the University has offered her, the opportunities…
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A Random Decision
Daniel Malikzade-Afshar is in his fourth year studying Physics. When he filled in his UCAS form St Andrews was his wild card, so it came as a shock when he…
St Andrews Alumni Return to Fife
Twenty years since they met as students at St Andrews, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge returned to their alma mater on Wednesday 26 May to hear from current students…
A Road Less Travelled
Alex Shaw (MA 2017) describes how she took a risk and embraced a career in photography after she graduated – thanks largely to the University of St Andrews Boat Club
First Ever Virtual Alumni Weekend: 16 and 18 April 2021
We were delighted to see hundreds of alumni, staff, students, parents and friends of the University join us virtually from across six continents for our first ever Virtual Alumni Weekend…
St Andrews – Where I Became Fully the Person I am Today
Professor Julian Duncan (PhD 1964) tells the story of why he came to St Andrews and how it ‘enriched his life, both academically and as a human being’. St Andrews…
St Andrews: My Forever Home
When Daphne Biliouri-Grant (MLitt 2001) arrived at the University to do a Masters degree she fell in love with St Andrews. Following a successful international career she has returned to…
With a Little Help From My Friends…
When Charlie Andrews (MSc 2020) came to St Andrews in 2018 to study Computing and IT he joined the Men’s 1st Football team during his first week. It was the…
From Saints Sport to a Career in Sport
Leah Allcock (MA 2019) loved sport at St Andrews so much that she has made it her career. Here she explains her journey from Saints Sport to working for British…
From There to Here: War, Peace, Pandemic
Romy Wyllie (née Rosemary Blair) (MA 1955) describes what it was like to live through World War II before coming to spend four of her happiest years at St Andrews,…