Dan Hemingway prize
The winner of the Dan Hemingway Prize for 1999/2000 will be announced at a presentation this week (Thursday 16 March).
The winner of the Dan Hemingway Prize for 1999/2000 will be announced at a presentation this week (Thursday 16 March).
The Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is to receive an honorary degree from the University of St Andrews.
A system using rainwater as the basis for organic compost and a project which could reduce pollution emanating from semi- conductor plants are among the pioneering ideas competing for a prize aimed at finding practical solutions to worldwide environmental problems.
A University of St Andrews Professor is to receive an honorary degree from The Open University.
Professor Neil Corcoran, Head of the School of English at the University of St Andrews, has been invited to sit on the committee for the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
One of Scotland's most successful actresses will return to her alma mater to receive an honorary degree from St Andrews.
One of the world's most respected developmental psychologists is to receive an honorary degree from the University of St Andrews.
Author of the Year J K Rowling is to receive an honorary degree from the University of St Andrews.
Scots author Ian Rankin is to receive an honorary degree from the University of St Andrews.
The University of St Andrews is to honour Robert Burns' favourite Scottish poet by holding a year- long celebration of his life.