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British Academy Awards
Three academics are among the recipients of almost £8m in British Academy research funding for SHAPE projects.

Phoenix from the ashes
The Biomedical Sciences (BMS) facility was officially re-opened four years after a devastating fire ripped through the hi-tech laboratories.

May Dip 2023
Students gathered at the East Sands at dawn to take part in the traditional May Dip.

Former St Andrews student says plans to scrap 'not proven' a victory for rape survivors
Former St Andrews student says the scrapping of the controversial Not Proven verdict shows victims' voices have finally been heard.

Heart injury biomarker may help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalisation, new study shows
A new study suggests that a frequently used medical test for heart injury could be used to help Covid-19 patients avoid hospitalisation.

Response to The Times
Copy of response to Mark Smith and The Times sent on Thursday 20 April 2023.

Music key to the spiritual?
Ambitious scientific study seeks to demonstrate a direct link between music and spirituality.

Federal government's fact-finding visit to St Andrews
St Andrews played host to a delegation of politicians, academics, and media from Rhineland-Pfalz Palatinate in Germany this week.

Saints Golf retain BUCS title
The University Performance Golf Team has won the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Final for the second year in a row.

Teaching Excellence Awards 2023
Top teachers at the University of St Andrews have been recognised by colleagues and students as part of the annual Teaching Excellence Awards.

'Lost' manuscript published
A 'lost' novel has been published almost 70 years after it was written by Willa Muir, thanks to Special Collections.

Accountants' tricks identify cheating scientists
Auditing practices from the finance industry can be adapted to identify academic fraud, according to new research by the University of St Andrews.

University signs up to gender equality in golf in the sport's 'home town'
The University has made an important commitment to gender equality in golf by signing The R&A Women in Golf Charter.

RSE honours
The Deputy Head of the School of Chemistry has been honoured by The Royal Society of Edinburgh.

UCF Year 3 Round 2
University of St Andrews Community Fund continues cost-of-living support for local groups.

Game, set and match a second time for St Andrews tennis team
The University of St Andrews was named Tennis Scotland University of the Year for the second.

New study reveals 'invisible' glacier loss in the greater Himalaya
Unaccounted for glacier mass loss equivalent to more than 1000 times the total number of elephants living in the world went unaccounted for due to the inability of satellites to see underwater glacier changes.

St Andrews PRIDE
The annual PRIDE returned on Saturday 1 April for the first time since before the Covid pandemic, bringing together students and staff and the local community to show support for LGBTQ+ people.

What a drag!
Students from the University of St Andrews posed on the West Sands dressed up for the annual Students' Association Dragwalk.

QS rankings boost for Arts and Humanities
Arts and Humanities subjects at the University of St Andrews are amongst the strongest in the world for teaching and research, according to a new international ranking.