Five generations of St Andrews alumna
Katie Abraham (BSc 2022) is the fifth generation of her family to graduate from the University of St Andrews. She describes how her love of St Andrews developed during childhood…
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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…
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…
Live what you love
Belinda Wilkes (BSc 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…
St Andrews: where I became fully the person I am today
Professor Julian Duncan (PhD 1964) tells the story of why he came to St Andrews and how it ‘enriched his life, both academically and as a human being’. St Andrews…
The University of St Andrews – a fantastic start to adulthood
Although Malcolm Cannon’s (BSc 1985) decision to study at St Andrews was influenced by his family, once here he discovered for himself that the University gave him everything he could…
Dr Katharine Whitehorn: Rector 1982–1985
Katharine Whitehorn – the University’s first female Rector – died on 8 January 2021 at the age of 92. Here her three Assessors share their memories of her kindness, wit…
From Duran Duran to David Russell and back again: An NYC native fuels her future at St Andrews
Sam Shaber spent a First Year Abroad at St Andrews between 1990-1991. Here she describes how during that time she went from being “a crazy Duran Duran teenager to being…
A series of fortunate accidents
Mick May OBE (MA 1981) graduated from St Andrews to embark on a career in finance in the City of London for 20 years. He then set up and grew…
An unforgettable journey
In the summer of 1968 a group of St Andrews students undertook an unforgettable journey to Istanbul and back on an adapted double decker bus. Margaret Hills (MA 1968) was…