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Council green light for 'New College'
Major plans by the University of St Andrews to redevelop one of the most significant buildings in the town have been given the green light.
St Andrews Rector Removed from Court role over breach of governance rules
The Rector of the University of St Andrews has been removed from her role as President of University Court after she refused to follow its governance rules.
Statement from the Court of the University of St Andrews - Removal of the Rector from University Court
University Court issued the following message to all staff and students on Friday 9 January.
St Andrews awarded £950,000 to decarbonise New College buildings
The University of St Andrews has been awarded £950,000 from Scotland's Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund to support a pioneering conservation and sustainability project at New College in the heart of the town.
Scientists discover molecular 'reshuffle' and crack an 80-year-old conundrum
Breakthrough tackles one of chemistry's most persistent challenges and could transform the way medicines are manufactured
Research review of the year
A month by month snap shot of some of the University's research from 2025
Former coal mining communities have lower levels of entrepreneurship
Locations associated with traditional large-scale industries such as coal mining, struggle to escape their industrial legacy of low levels of entrepreneurship despite generational changes
Flu surge exposes missed COVID lessons
Three leading public health and social psychology experts warn that the UK is failing to apply vital lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic as flu cases surge.
Shared Island Stories wins International Council of Museums Award
The School of Art History-led research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums
Principal honoured with Fletcher of Saltoun Award
University of St Andrews Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE has been honoured by the Saltire Society with a prestigious Fletcher of Saltoun Award for Public Life.
Winter graduation celebrations in St Andrews
More than 800 students from over 80 countries celebrated with their families and classmates in St Andrews this week as four winter graduation ceremonies took place in the town's Younger Hall.
University to elect new Chancellor
The University of St Andrews has begun the process to elect a new Chancellor, following the sad death earlier this year of Lord Campbell of Pittenweem.
Rowing trio brings home Commonwealth Championship medals
The University of St Andrews is celebrating a remarkable achievement after three of its rowers returned from the 2025 Commonwealth Rowing Association Beach Sprints Championships in Barbados with medals.
Life in balance: research shines new light on ancient Andean scales
New research found that both balance scales and khipus (a method of writing using small knots used by the Inca and pre-Inca societies) were tied to Andean notions of wellbeing that prioritise achieving a state of balance
Seal milk rivals human milk in complexity
Atlantic grey seal milk rivals human breast milk in sugar complexity, challenges previously held assumptions that human milk is uniquely complex amongst mammals
St Andrews scientists join £20m quantum biology research drive
Researchers at the University of St Andrews are part of a world-class team awarded a major grant to explore one of nature's most intriguing mysteries: how animals sense the Earth's magnetic field.