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Sport secures FC sponsorship
Saints Sport at the University of St Andrews has secured a £3000 sponsorship deal with knowledge on demand company, AlphaSights, to support its championship winning students Football Club.

Fostering good debate
The first event to be funded by the Scotland's Future Series brought staff, students and members of the community together to discuss how we can listen better and debate more collaboratively.

Duchess of Cambridge 'Coming Home' to St Andrews
A photographic portrait taken in celebration of the 40th birthday of the Duchess of Cambridge is 'Coming Home' to St Andrews this weekend (Sunday 12 June).

Golf greats to be honoured
St Andrews and the University will honour some of the world's best-loved golfers during The Open Championship.

Queen's Birthday Honours
Four members of staff at the University of St Andrews have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2022.

Laidlaw Music Centre takes Pride of Place
The University of St Andrews Laidlaw Music Centre was voted overall winner in St Andrews Preservation Trust's Pride of Place Awards.

University welcomes world-leading researchers to 'watershed' dementia summit
The University hosted an international summit bringing together leading brain health and dementia researchers from across the globe.

Summer graduations
More than 5000 students from across the world will take part in three weeks of graduation ceremonies, the first in-person since 2019.

Scottish photographic archive
The work of internationally recognised Scottish photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert has been acquired by the University.

Declaration of Humanity signing
Leaders of many faiths and beliefs from around the world gathered in Rome yesterday (Wednesday 25 May) for the signing of a declaration for humanity.

Fresh funding for Fife
The University Community Fund has launched its latest round of awards with up to £3000 available for groups and local organisations across Fife.

Universities Scotland announce new elected leadership team
Professor Sally Mapstone FRSE has been elected to the role of Convener of Universities Scotland for a period of two years, from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2024.

RSE honour for academic
A University of St Andrews professor has been awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Medal.

Scotland's Future Series
One of the first SFS projects will be an interactive public event focussing on the importance of responsible debate.

New spin on galaxy rotation
An international group of astronomers, led by a St Andrews physicist, has revived an alternative gravity theory.

Dolphin senses
St Andrews researchers have found that dolphins have a unique sense of taste that allows them to identify family and friends.

St Andrews launches solar farm
Cabinet Secretary opens St Andrews solar farm in a significant step towards the University's net zero targets.

St Andrews tech spin-out gets over £200,000 funding boost
Finance boost for SolOLED, a tech spin-out company that develops essential materials for consumer electronics such as TVs.

Research Excellence
More than 88% of research carried out at St Andrews is world-leading or internationally excellent, according to the results of REF 2021.