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.
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Communities and culture at the heart of ‘lost’ tree restoration
Functional traits and social or cultural connections of lost elm trees also require restoration and regeneration, but are often overlooked.
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.
Universities of Bonn and St Andrews announce new joint professors
The Bonn–St Andrews Joint Academic Appointments Scheme, now in its third year, continues to strengthen the strategic alliance between the University of Bonn and the University of St Andrews.
Funding for innovative technology protecting endangered salmon from seals
This will enable further development of a new ‘detect and deter’ system on the lower part of the River Dee, aimed at detecting and then deterring seals from the river and preventing predation on salmon