St Andrews in the bush?
Chrissie Boughey (nee Williams) (MA, MA, DPhil) graduated from St Andrews in 1973. Her time at St Andrews as a ‘first generation’ student (made possible only by a government grant)…
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How to NOT go to School – and help the NHS
How to NOT go to School – and help the NHS Mike Forde (MA 2014) decided to help his primary class to adapt to the ‘big and scary changes happening…
Life changes, memories don’t: 50 years and counting
Valerie Torgerson Waddelove graduated from St Andrews with an MA in Medieval History in 1970. She reflects on the past 50 years since that day, and how COVID-19 has impacted…
REMAKEHUB: a seed planted in St Andrews
Sissi Chao graduated from St Andrews University in 2012 with an MA in Economics. Following a Masters at the London School of Economics (LSE) and work experience in consulting firm…
From ‘bubble’ to Cell
Nathan Meade (BSc 2010) describes how four years in ‘the bubble’ set him on the path to being published in the ‘Cell’ – one of the most highly respected journals…
Remembering Nicholas Parsons
David Caldwell (MA 1967) shares some of his personal memories of Nicholas Parsons – a well-loved Rector and honorary graduate of St Andrews, who died on Tuesday 28 January 2020.
An unforgettable year
Julian Fore was an undergraduate studying Government and Economics at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia when – thanks to a scholarship funded by an anonymous donor – he was…
The 1972 Club reunions: not all feasting and frivolity
Dr Ian Clark (MB ChB 1972) describes what it was like to study Medicine here in the late 1960s and why the 1972 Club decided to give back by setting…
An unbroken thread…
Julia Melvin (MA 1964) describes here the unbroken thread of four generations of her family who studied at St Andrews – beginning with the renowned Principal James Colquhoun Irvine, who…
Dancing still fit and healthy at 70
I reached St Andrews by bus in September 1965, and struggled up the hill to St Regulus Hall with one suitcase in each hand. There were no wheelies in those…