Supporting Saints: Emtelle and Falside Mill
Sport at St Andrews helps students to build connections, resilience and confidence. This is made possible by the support of our sport partners. Here, Falside Mill and Emtelle, sponsors of…
Category: Donor Stories
Flexibility, friendships and the happiness factor
The academic freedom at St Andrews suited the ‘all-rounder’ Robert Bullard (BSc 1985), who matriculated in Geology and Chemistry, but graduated in Economics, and picked up a module in English…
Donor Story: Mary and Ron Pressman
Mary Henderson Pressman (JYA 1976-77) is Vice President of the University of St Andrews’ American Foundation, and her connections to the town and the institution date back to her father’s…
University of St Andrews celebrates record fundraising year
The University of St Andrews has broken its previous cash record for fundraising with over £23.3 million donated in the year ending 31 July. The achievement marks one year since…
Off to St Andrews, sight unseen
Stuart Butler (BSc 1968; MA 1971; PhD 1978) is a public policy expert with over 40 years’ experience in healthcare, budget, education and more. He retired as a senior fellow…
Donor Stories: Santander Scholars Programme
The University of St Andrews has been a Santander partner university since 2010 and is one of 75 partner universities across the UK. Over the course of our 15-year partnership,…
Leaving a legacy: Alison Holmes
What’s your St Andrews story? A legacy bequest is one of the most personal gifts you can make to St Andrews. Alison Holmes (née McOwan) (MA 1952) left a gift…
University secures landmark £5m donation from Garfield Weston Foundation for ‘New College’
A £5 million gift from Garfield Weston Foundation has marked the largest financial gift to the University of St Andrews’ ‘New College’ project, part of the Making Waves Campaign which…
Making Waves Campaign: Donor Stories – The Booth Family
We want the University of St Andrews to be accessible to any talented undergraduate or postgraduate student, regardless of their financial circumstances. Scholarships create ripples of impact that empower students…
Donor Story: From lab to legacy
Catherine (Kay) Elder (BSc Hons 1970) joined the pioneering team responsible for the birth of the first ‘test tube baby’ after they opened Bourn Hall Clinic, the world’s first IVF…