Charlie and the Marathon: running to raise funds
Charlotte Rogers (MA Hons 2022) describes how the International Excellence Scholarship made it possible for her to study at St Andrews, and why she ran the Edinburgh Marathon in May…
Category: Alumni Stories
Anatomy, physiology and Pink Floyd: memories of the Class of 1972
Memories It was October 1966 when we first matriculated – forty of us for the MB ChB course in St Andrews and another forty in Queen’s College in Dundee. We…
The D.C. Alumni Club: staying connected to St Andrews
Ian Doty (BA International Honours 2021), Erik Neff (MA Hons 2007) and Katie Weinsheimer (BA International Honours 2021) were invited to attend National Tartan Day festivities in Washington D.C. as…
St Andrews: an unorthodox route to a music career
Charlotte Perkins (MA Hons 2021) explains how a degree in International Relations and the many opportunities provided by the Music Centre have prepared her for the practical challenges of a…
This is not a war story
Noa Bricklin (MA Hons 2016) describes how studying Art History and Social Anthropology at St Andrews gave her the skills to be a critically acclaimed production designer.
Becoming a writer
Isabel Lachenauer (MA Hons 2013) describes how studying at St Andrews gave her the skills, life experiences and ‘story doctor’ she needed to write a book that was recently sold…
St Andrews and courage
It is one hundred years this May since J M Barrie delivered ‘Courage’ at his installation as Rector. Steven Thompson (PhD 1976) looks back 50 years to describe the impact…
St Andrews: living the dream
Farkhodjon Israilov (MSc 2010) describes how studying at St Andrews was one of the best life choices he has ever made, and how it ultimately led to a successful career…
A love letter to St Andrews…
Here, in a love letter to St Andrews, Megan Ravenhall (MA Hons 2018, MLitt 2020) explains how her walks around the town and its beaches inspired the prose submission for…
Becoming James Ashton – financial journalist and podcaster
James Ashton (MA Hons 1997) describes here how the attributes he needed to become a successful financial journalist, author and podcaster were ‘first hewn at St Andrews’.