Today graduates from the Schools of Management, Economics and Finance, Mathematics and Statistics and Medicine will be receiving their degrees in the Younger Hall. To commemorate these ceremonies, we will take a look…
On this final day of graduation week 2017, comedian, broadcaster and writer Michael Palin is to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) at this morning’s graduation ceremony. Mr Palin is best known for his…
Today, the University is holding graduation ceremonies for students of History, Classical Studies, Languages, Film Studies, Philosophy and Social Anthropology. As we celebrate their achievements, we present some more…
Today the University is holding graduation ceremonies for St Andrews University graduates in the Sciences. St Andrews has a strong history of science teaching and research, through the work of many eminent academics of…
As we congratulate our students across the Divinity, English, Psychology and International Relations subject areas who graduate today at undergraduate and postgraduate level, we present a selection of distinguished…
At the start of this special week in the University we are beginning a mini-series of blog posts to mark graduation. Each day we will feature some of the amazing people who have been honoured by the University in the…
The University of St Andrews Biographical Register, compiled by former Keeper of Muniments Robert N Smart, holds extensive details of the nearly 12,000 students and staff who studied or worked at the University between…
In the liturgical calendar, the 6th of May is the Feast of St John the Evangelist before the Latin Gate. This feast commemorated the tradition that the Apostle John was ordered into a cauldron of boiling water/oil by…
Recently, the Lighting the Past Team came across this inscription in a Greek language textbook: The discovery of this annotation provides a perfect opportunity to highlight the connections between William Tullis and…
On International Women’s Day, we salute some of the amazing women who have been associated with the University in the last 125 years. ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836-1917) was the first woman to matriculate at the University…