Summit Mont Blanc – mission accomplished!
Last year (2020) Alistair Galloway (BSc Biochemistry 2001) planned an expedition to climb and summit Mont Blanc – the highest mountain in Europe and the Alps – to raise money…
Category: Undergraduate
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…
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 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 the…
Saints Netball: an amazing on and off court experience
Sally Sandison (MA 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 has…
Legacy of sport at St Andrews
When Matt Taylor (MA 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 mindset’…
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…
How I went ‘from zero to hero’: the journey from undergraduate to graduate
Sagar Kumar (BSc Management 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…
The Student Bubble
Olivia Dovernor (MChem 2020) not only had a successful academic career at St Andrews: she also came up with the idea of a property app – The Student Bubble –…