Dr Sara Lodge shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize
Dr Sara Lodge, Senior Lecturer in the School of English at the University of St Andrews, has been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Wolfson History Prize for her book The…
Category: Staff Stories
Saints Spotlight: Professor Sabine Hyland
Professor Sabine Hyland is a Reader in the School of Divinity. In this month’s Saints Spotlight, she discusses her research into an Indigenous Peruvian form of proto-writing made of knotted,…
From the faculty: Dr Adam Bower
Our academics in teaching and research play an integral role in the lives – and learning – of our students. Here, we hear from Dr Adam Bower, Senior Lecturer in…
A musical life
Gillian ‘Jill’ Craig (MA Hons 1977) developed a lifelong love of music while studying at St Andrews. From her undergraduate lectures on Beethoven to working with the University’s Music Centre…
Saints Spotlight: Professor Silvia Paracchini
Professor Silvia Paracchini is a human geneticist working in the field of human complex diseases with focus on dyslexia, handedness and neurodevelopmental traits. In this month’s Saints Spotlight she discusses…
Saints Spotlight: Dr John Elliott
Dr John Elliott has been a leading contributor for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) post-detection research and development since the late 1990s. He founded the SETI Post Detection Hub at…
It’s a kind of magic …
Sue Hill (MA Hons 1982) has written over 120 Alumni Stories, co-edited ten issues of Chronicle, and produced countless Development publications to support fundraising campaigns in a decade as Publications…
Honouring an institutional memory
We were sad to hear of the death of Sheila Taylor (MA 1968) in August 2024. Sheila dedicated her life and career to the University of St Andrews and was…
From Duke-Elder to the Arclight Project: 100 years of pioneering eye care
Dr Andrew Blaikie of the School of Medicine and Andrew King of Andrew King Opticians explain how Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder (MA Natural Sciences, BSc Physiology, 1919) – alumnus and…