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.
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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.
St Andrews joins multimorbidity consortium
The School of Medicine has joined an £8.5m consortium of Scottish universities to deliver a new PhD Doctoral Training programme.
Boost for dyslexia research
A project to help understand the genetic basis of dyslexia and learning difficulties has been awarded a grant from the RSE.
Vaccination works but a small number are still at increased risk
Men are more at risk of experiencing a severe complication from the Covid-19 virus than women even after vaccination, according to a study.
Hands off
New research led by St Andrews reports that human hands are not required in order to be able to do clever things.
Ancient rivals battle it out
Ancient rugby rivals, the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh, go head to head in the world’s oldest varsity rugby matches.
Miraculous births produce boys
Researchers from Edinburgh, St Andrews and LSHTM have solved the puzzle of why fatherless insect babies are born male.