Class of 2022 graduation

Congratulations to the Class of 2022! Read about some of our latest graduates and find out what they are planning to do next.

Principal’s promise fulfilled

The Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, made a promise to hold in-person graduation ceremonies for the Classes of 2020 and 2021 once pandemic restrictions were lifted. This promise was at last fulfilled during a bumper three weeks of graduation ceremonies and celebrations in the Younger Hall last month.

St Andrews top for student experience

According to the National Student Survey 2022, the University is top in the UK for student academic experience for the 14th time in the past 16 years.

St Andrews celebrates golfing greats

The town and ancient university of St Andrews recently honoured legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus – along with some of the world’s best-loved golfers – in a ceremony in the Younger Hall. Dr Nicklaus was made an Honorary Citizen of St Andrews by The Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council at the ceremony. The only other US citizens to receive this honour were fellow golfer Bobby Jones and Benjamin Franklin in 1759.

Laidlaw Music Centre wins design award

The Laidlaw Music Centre – created to provide world-class music facilities for the University and the wider community – has won the Public Building category of the prestigious Scottish Design Awards.

St Andrews to host new rowing competition

The University is hosting the inaugural Home International Rowing (HIR) Beach Sprints competition between the four home nations on Saturday 20 August, aiming to create a pathway into Great Britain’s and Ireland’s national teams in the future.

Launch of Visualising Peace Museum

Dr Alice König - School of Classics and a team of students at St Andrews have recently been working on a Vertically Integrated Project called ‘Visualising Peace’. They wanted to curate a widely-accessible resource that would generate more conversation about peace and deepen understanding of what it means, so they have created and launched a virtual Museum of Peace.

Philip Colbert work to be auctioned in aid of scholarships

On 10 August, Lyon & Turnbull will auction ‘The Death of Marat and the Birth of the Lobster’, the eponymous centrepiece of alumnus Philip Colbert’s 2021 Wardlaw Museum exhibition. This large and striking painting references Jacques-Louis David’s ‘The Death of Marat’, a work which had a profound effect on the artist during his studies at St Andrews.

Philip is generously donating all proceeds from the sale to fund new Museum and Heritage Studies scholarships at St Andrews. The work – along with information on how to bid – can be viewed online here, with in-person viewing at Lyon & Turnbull’s Edinburgh saleroom from 5 August.

Alumni Stories

We welcome stories from alumni about your time here, your journey since leaving and what the University of St Andrews has contributed to that journey.

This month Rosie Cromwell (a third-year undergraduate studying Philosophy and Social Anthropology) describes what it was like to work for Development as a summer intern, while Charlotte Rogers (MA 2022) explains why she decided to run the Edinburgh Marathon to raise funds for the University of St Andrews International Excellence Scholarship.

Email the editor at sem28@st-andrews.ac.uk if you would like to share your story.

SaintsFunder

Thanks to everyone who has supported our SaintsFunder projects this year. Look out for wonderful new projects coming online after the summer.

SaintsFunder is open to all students, alumni and University staff, so send your ideas to SaintsFunder@st-andrews.ac.uk

Saints Talk

The Saints Talk programme is taking a break during the summer but will return in September with more fascinating speakers.

Meanwhile, if you have missed any of this semester’s Saints Talks, you can watch them again.

Alumni Authors

Laidlaw Live

Look out for the latest Laidlaw Music Centre live-streamed concerts and access high quality music – wherever you are in the world.

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