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.
Category: Alumni Stories
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’.
The entrepreneurial spirit of St Andrews
Alexandra Williamson (MA Hons 2019) describes how St Andrews gave her the support and opportunities to ‘look through a different lens’ and bring a business idea to life – and…
From pub chats to podcasts: how St Andrews secretly taught me the grown-up art of conversation
Storyteller-musician Sam Shaber spent a First Year Abroad at St Andrews between 1990 and 1991. Her first blog described how her time here ultimately paved the way for her current…
Live what you love
Belinda Wilkes (BSc Hons 1978) began her lifelong passion for astrophysics at the University of St Andrews and ultimately became Director of the Chandra X-Ray Centre, operated for NASA by…
The journey to the person I’ve become
In this story, Andrew Worsnop (MA Hons 1987) gives a searingly honest description of his long journey to being correctly diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and how a conversation with the…