From There to Here: War, Peace, Pandemic
Romy Wyllie (née Rosemary Blair) (MA 1955) describes what it was like to live through World War II before coming to spend four of her happiest years at St Andrews,…
Category: Undergraduate
Summit Mont Blanc – mission accomplished!
Last year (2020) Alistair Galloway (BSc Hons 2001) planned an expedition to climb and summit Mont Blanc – the highest mountain in Europe and the Alps – to raise money…
The University of St Andrews – a fantastic start to adulthood
Although Malcolm Cannon’s (BSc Hons 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…
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…
The legacy of Saints Sport
Holly Hetherington (MA Hons 2020) was drawn to St Andrews because of its friendliness, as well as the many opportunities it provided to take part in sport. Here she describes…
Saints Netball: an amazing on and off court experience
Sally Sandison (MA Hons 2020) was already passionate about netball when she came to study at St Andrews and joined Saints Netball. She describes here how belonging to the club…
Legacy of sport at St Andrews
When Matt Taylor (MA Hons 2019) arrived at St Andrews and joined the Boat Club, he found there was a lack of equipment and resources but a ‘warm and visionary…
A series of fortunate accidents
Mick May OBE (MA Hons 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…
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…
How I went ‘from zero to hero’: the journey from undergraduate to graduate
Sagar Kumar (BSc Hons 2020) had a less than stellar start to his University career. But with a little help from the University and his friends he completed his degree…