From Belfast to St Andrews in the 1970s
Clare Stevens (née Diamond), (MA Hons 1979) shares her experience of coming to St Andrews during the height of the Troubles. She recalls the contrast of the safe, quaint cobbled…
Category: Undergraduate
From student reporter to editor-in-chief
Cordula Schnuer, (MA Hons 2011), was appointed editor-in-chief of the Luxembourg Times in August, and describes her unexpected journey to St Andrews and into the newsroom.
Students’ Association President: a year at the helm
Juan Pablo Rodríguez (MA Hons 2022) reflects on his journey from Mexico to Scotland and onwards to Oxford, with a successful term as President of the Students’ Association at St…
St Andrews: always the best university
Following the announcement that St Andrews has been ranked number one university in the UK by both the Guardian and The Times and Sunday Times University Guides 2024, David Rutnam…
A life less ordinary: Dr Jean McCrindle (1937-2022)
We were sad to learn of the death of Dr Jean McCrindle (MA Hons 1959) last December and were very touched when her daughter – Claire Wells – offered to…
A Kinnessburn Story
Trevor Jones reflects on some fond memories of his time living in Kinnessburn – a student Residence for men – in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As a result…
From History graduate to story gatherer
Anne Power, MA 1979, describes how a degree in History at St Andrews ultimately led to a career in psychotherapy.
From St Andrews to Harvard – via the Dundas Medal
Roger Flint (BSc Hons 2007) was recently awarded the Dundas Medal for his work on creating SPOT – a software app that supports the safer prescription of opioids. Here he…
From approx. 21 words to exactly 50 words
Simon Lamb (BSc Hons 2013) describes how he segued from graduating with a degree in Mathematics at St Andrews to becoming the Scriever (writer-in-residence) at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum…
St Andrews – an economic microclimate
Harry Bremner (BSc Hons 2018) describes how the ‘economic microclimate’ at St Andrews gave him the entrepreneurial experience to launch Tuggs – the UK’s first freshly-prepared dog food that is…