Changing trains
Dugald Bruce-Lockhart (MA Hons 1990) recently had his debut novel The Lizard published and it is already receiving excellent reviews. He has agreed to host our first ever online Meet…
Category: Alumni Stories
Saints at Home – Amy Cummings
Amy Cummings graduated with an MA (Hons) in Medieval History in 2016 and an MLitt in Museum and Gallery Studies in 2017 and is now living and working in Manchester.…
Saints at Home – Micaiah Lowe; it’s a blessing to serve other people…
Since studying at St Andrews, Micaiah Lowe (MA Hons 2019) has gone on a journey of growing self-awareness from being ‘a young fresher who thought the world was mine for…
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)…
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…