International St Andrews: from Edgecliffe to Madagascar
Michael Docherty graduated with an MA in Philosophy in 2004 and tried several different career paths before he took up the post of Administrative Director in Centre ValBio, Madagascar. In…
Category: Alumni Stories
Entrepreneurial St Andrews alumni: Giulia Melchiorre
I started my St Andrews journey in September 2011, when I arrived in Scotland for the very first time. With its long-standing, quirky traditions, strong sense of community and amazing…
A career studying rocks from other worlds …
Dr Jessica Barnes graduated from St Andrews with a first-class BSc in Geosciences in 2011 and is now working for NASA on a project which will continue the scientific legacy of…
Noor Huda Ismail: changemaker
Noor Huda Ismail (MLitt International Security Studies 2006) is a peacebuilder, writer and filmmaker specialising in de-radicalisation and counter-terrorism. He founded theInstitute of International Peace Building to…
70th anniversary of exchange programme with Queen’s University, Canada
The University of St Andrews has a long-established tradition of fostering exchange programmes with institutions around the globe. As a result, students (both now and in the past) have many…
What can I do today to change the world?
Asha de Vos (BSc 2002) was undertaking research on a ship in the middle of the ocean when she heard that she had won the South Asia Regional Award of…
Keeping it in the family: three generations of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews fosters an ethos built around the ideals of family and community. The academic family, occupying a sacred place in the lives of students, becomes a…
Searching for Sisu in St Andrews
Geordie Stewart conquered Everest while he was studying at St Andrews. Having graduated, and become the youngest person to reach the highest summits on all seven continents, here he tells…
How scholarships transform lives – Georgia Spencer-Rowland
Margaret F K Fleming graduated from St Andrews with an MA in French in 1933, and a Bursary was established in her name in 2010 for students of French to…