Annual Review 2024
"At St Andrews, we are at our best when we come together with a shared purpose." – Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE
Introduction by the Principal
Amid the significant financial headwinds facing UK higher education, and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, in 2024 St Andrews continued to uphold its reputation for excellence in teaching, research, and global collaboration.
Our strengths in student experience and outcomes, alongside our deeply embedded international connectivity, have remained cornerstones of our success. We once again performed well in key UK rankings, underpinned by the National Student Survey 2024, according to which students at St Andrews are more positive about their education than students at any other mainstream university in the UK.
This review provides a snapshot of some individual and collective achievements, under the themes of the University Strategy 2022-2027.
In September we launched Making Waves, a £300 million fundraising campaign in support of our world-leading ambitions. Making Waves will help create ‘New College’, the first college to be built in St Andrews in nearly 300 years, which will house our new Business School and the School of International Relations, educating the global leaders of the future.
We enhanced our digital education portfolio of online courses for postgraduate study and expanded our offering by introducing a range of professional skills short courses. Our first cohorts joined us in 2024 for these self-paced courses in high-demand fields such as Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.
The launch of our innovative 100-year partnership with the Corrour estate, near Fort William, was emblematic of our leadership in sustainability. The partnership will focus on nature-based solutions to the climate crisis, developing land management techniques and peatland restoration and supporting our work to be net zero by 2035.
Our commitment to making St Andrews a diverse place to work and study was underlined by achieving an institutional Silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our continued efforts to advance gender equality across the University; and a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award for our ongoing work to advance race equality.
The Entrepreneurship Centre hosted a successful Innovation Week, bringing together students, alumni and the wider community. Featuring speaker sessions, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities, the event provided hands-on learning and access to industry leaders, reinforcing the University’s role as a hub for entrepreneurial thinking.
The thread that brings the strategy together is a commitment to global and local social responsibility. Our Community Fund, the centrepiece of our socially responsible activities at a regional level, has completed its fourth year, supporting grassroots and charity projects in Fife.
As we reflect on 2024, I extend my deepest gratitude to our funders, partners, and supporters. Your generosity and collaboration have been instrumental in driving forward our ambitious initiatives, from advancing groundbreaking research to enhancing student support and investing in world-class facilities.
At St Andrews, we are at our best when we come together with a shared purpose. Our collective commitment to excellence, respect for diverse perspectives, and unwavering dedication to innovation and inclusivity will guide us through the complexities of the present and toward a stronger future.
I invite you to read this review to see how, together, we continue to shape our University and the world beyond.
Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE
Principal and Vice-Chancellor

St Andrews at a glance
Students
• 10,234 students
• 8,388 undergraduates
• 1,846 postgraduates
• 135 countries
• 91.0% of students enter employment or further study after graduation
Staff
• 2,906 staff
• 4 faculties
• 18 schools
• 31 units
Income down 0.26% to £321.6m
• Tuition fee income up 5.3% to £158.6m
• New donations from philanthropy. New funds committed £18.9m. Funds received £10.3m
• Making Waves Campaign total (Jan 25) £132.6m
• Investment income, which helps to support scholarships, bursaries and widening access initiatives £5.8m
Timeline 2024
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January 2024
The St Andrews Repair and Advice Café launched, thanks to funding from the University’s Community Fund. The monthly café, run by Transition, is open to students, staff and the wider community. Items fixed included watches, clocks, shoes, a sleeping bag, a vase, a wheelchair tyre, solar lights, and a handbag strap.
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February 2024
The University was awarded a £2 million grant by the Wolfson Foundation to enable the development of green hydrogen technologies that will play a key role in decarbonising the energy and chemical industries. The Green Hydrogen Accelerator will provide dedicated space at Eden Campus for world-leading research into the efficient production of hydrogen from water and its use in energy storage and chemic production.
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March 2024
A major new partnership between the University and NHS Fife was confirmed, allowing students studying Medicine at St Andrews to do all their clinical training and complete their primary medical qualification in Fife with the new 5-year medical degree.
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April 2024
Researchers working in the new Scottish Brain Sciences (SBS) laboratory at the University’s Eden Campus are collaborating with Roche Diagnostics to open the way to the first blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages to be carried out in Scotland.
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May 2024
The University hosted Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to celebrate the launch of Scotland’s Future Speaker Series. Ms Sturgeon’s spoke of her “innate optimism” about the “power of politics to change lives for the better” and the role of young people’s voices and spirit in shaping Scotland’s Future.
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June 2024
In a week which celebrated the academic achievements of over 2000 graduates, award-winning writer and satirist Armando Iannucci spoke at a graduation ceremony about his imposter syndrome after receiving an Honorary Degree from the University.
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July 2024
Students at the University are more positive about their education than students at any other mainstream university in the UK, according to the results of the National Student Survey 2024. St Andrews also came top in the UK for academic support and learning resources.
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August 2024
The University and Corrour signed an innovative 100- year partnership to focus on nature-based solutions to the climate crisis, developing land management techniques and peatland restoration. The carbon benefits of this long-term partnership are estimated to be 100,000 tonnes of CO2e for St Andrews.
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September 2024
The Making Waves campaign to raise £300 million to support scholarships, research, academic programmes, and sustainability initiatives was officially unveiled with a series of events throughout St Andrews, including a torchlight parade through the town.
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October 2024
A new affordable and sustainable housing development for postgraduate students and staff was completed at the Grange, on the outskirts of St Andrews. Working in partnership with Kingdom Initiatives for the first time, the new ‘university village’ will help reduce accommodation pressures in St Andrews.
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November 2024
The partnership between the University and Stagecoach celebrated its second anniversary by marking £1.7 million in cost savings for staff and students. Since the scheme began bus users have travelled 22 million kilometres, made over 670,000 journeys and purchased almost 50,000 tickets.
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December 2024
Senior Lecturer Dr Peter Mackay was named Scotland’s new Makar, the National Poet for Scotland. The role of Makar, a three-year tenure supported by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Poetry Library, is a prestigious literary position dedicated to championing poetry across Scotland. Dr Mackay’s appointment marks a historic milestone as he is the first Makar to primarily write in Gaelic.
New campaign makes waves and medicine comes home
In March, a major new partnership between the University and NHS Fife was announced, meaning students studying medicine at St Andrews are now able to undertake all their clinical training and complete their primary medical qualification in Fife. The new ScotCom programme will benefit patient care and medical research in Fife, while boosting Scotland’s overall training provision for new doctors.
September saw the launch of our Making Waves campaign, seeking to raise £300 million to support scholarships, research, academic programmes, and sustainability initiatives at St Andrews. The ambitious campaign, which places students at its core, was officially unveiled with a series of events throughout St Andrews, including a torchlight parade through the town.
Making Waves focuses on four key areas: New College, the Digital Nexus Building, scholarships and bursaries, and endowed chairs.
New College will be the University’s first new college in nearly 300 years and will bring together the School of International Relations and the new Business School.
As part of the campaign launch, prominent business and technology leader David Jones joined more than 200 staff, students, alumni, and donors to celebrate the official launch of the University of St Andrews Business School in September. Professor Mark Brewer took up the post as the first Dean of the St Andrews Business School in the same month.
2024 was another outstanding year in the rankings. The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 named St Andrews as its Scottish University of the Year and University of the Year for Student Experience. All of our subjects were ranked in the top six in the UK.
Overall, St Andrews was ranked second in the UK, behind the London School of Economics, with Oxford and Cambridge ranked third and fourth respectively.
St Andrews also took top university in Scotland and second spot in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2025, with all subjects ranking in the top 10, and seven ranking top in the UK. Meanwhile, the new Daily Mail University Guide made St Andrews its University of the Year for Student Experience.
In the 2025 QS Rankings we ranked 104 in the list of the world’s top 1,500 universities, placing us among the top seven per cent of global higher education institutions. Our Arts and Humanities subjects ranked amongst the strongest in the world for teaching and research in the QS University Rankings by Subject, with five schools and departments in the top 50 and a further eight in the top 100.
Students at St Andrews are more positive about their education than students at any other mainstream university in the UK, according to the results of the National Student Survey 2024, while St Andrews ranked top in Scotland and was one of the four leading universities in the UK according to The Complete University Guide 2025.
At the heart of our world-leading theme is achieving global excellence in research. Among the successful and impactful research released in 2024 were studies in the communication of chimpanzees and elephants; interdisciplinary research on organic light-emitting diodes that use less power; a trial artificial nest project in the Cairngorms that led to an increase of 83% in capercaillie nest survival; and the discovery that ethnic groups in Scotland were over two times more likely to experience the death of someone close to them during Covid-19 than the white population.
We appointed a new Executive Director of Research Support Services as part of our ongoing enhancement of our research support and communications ecosystem, with focus on long-term academic performance, impact, influence, reputation development, increased funding revenue, and preparations for Research Excellence Framework 2029.

Researchers at work in the Robert Hammond lab in the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews.
Double charter recognition underpins diverse progress
Epitomising the progress made under the Diverse theme in 2024 was the double success of securing a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award and a Silver Athena Swan Institutional Award.
Advance HE’s Race Equality Charter (REC) aims to help universities and research institutes in their work to improve the representation, progression and success of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people in higher education.
Our successful application included a detailed self-assessment of our staff and student experience, curriculum and culture, leading to a comprehensive plan setting out a suite of actions to advance race equality, including strengthening race equality leadership, reforming recruitment, and bolstering antiracist pedagogy.
Meanwhile, Athena Swan awards recognised our progress in advancing gender equality across the University and plans for further progress focused around a number of priorities including increasing representation of women in senior roles, and addressing the gender pay gap. Among the progress highlighted in our application and acknowledged by the assessment panel was the work to address gender-based violence, including St Andrews becoming the first University to be awarded the Emily Test Charter in 2023.
Charter awards are not an end in themselves, and attention is now focused on ensuring delivery of the action plans. We have bolstered our EDI governance arrangements with a new EDI Committee and established Implementation Groups for Athena Swan and for the REC.
We launched our revamped Diversity and Inclusion Calendar webpages, drawing together information and events around key themes with initial pages focused on accessibility, gender equality, race equality, and health and wellbeing.
The pages are designed to bring together and promote diversity initiatives and resources from across the University, helping foster a culture of understanding and inclusion.
Recognising their important role in supporting belonging in St Andrews, and following a period of review and enhancement, our newly strengthened staff networks were relaunched in October. Members of our BAME Staff Network, Staff with Disabilities and Neurodivergence Network, LGBTQI+ Employee Network, and the Parents and Carers Network featured in a suite of new videos to promote the networks to new members.

Graduating students in St Andrews wearing their national dress.
Digital enhancements to teaching, learning and research
We continue to expand and enhance our digital education portfolio, with postgraduate courses delivered fully online as well as short courses aimed at helping people develop professional skills.
Our specialised online postgraduate courses provide students with a choice of entry points and the flexibility to study from anywhere in the world while becoming part of our diverse and international student community. With study options ranging from one to three years, this year we added "Digital Art History" and "Global Digital Humanities" to the course list, adding to "Data Science" and "Data Literacy for Justice", launched in 2023.
Our first cohorts for online short courses joined us in October 2023 and the offerings continued to develop throughout 2024. These self-paced, fully online courses provide in-depth learning in high-demand fields such as Data Science, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, with four intakes across the year. Delivered through a combination of pre-recorded content and interactive activities, these short courses focus on industry-relevant skills to help learners stay ahead in a rapidly changing professional landscape.
Lifelong learning is also at the heart of our online short course programme, with new Personal Development courses covering topics from modernist art to language studies and international relations. Whether exploring new passions or refining existing talents, these courses offer an enriching learning experience. A prioritised roadmap will deliver a further 14 new online short courses over the next 12 months.
New credit-bearing online micro-credentials will also be delivered from next year onwards. These stackable awards will be developed through leveraging our existing Digital portfolio and co-design with industry partners and funders, such as the Scottish Government and Tay Cities Deal.
Beyond education, we are leveraging digital methods and data to improve University operations. The data pipelines and store (DPaS) project – spanning Admissions, Planning, Estates, and Residential and Business Services – has made progress towards a well-integrated, well-governed data infrastructure to strengthen management reporting and facilitate evidence-based decision-making across the institution.
Our investment in digital innovation, for example by creating new digital media studios and production expertise, is creating new opportunities for both organisational growth and academic excellence, offering training and upskilling to academic staff on the latest digital design and build techniques. The Digital team is now supporting an increasing number of programmes beyond the Digital Education Innovation Scheme, ensuring all online courses benefit from cutting-edge digital approaches.
A key Digital development is our new high-performance computing facility, designed in collaboration with researchers and installed this year. This state-of-the-art system significantly enhances computing power, enabling advanced simulations and opening new frontiers in artificial intelligence and machine learning research.

Computer Science students using VR headsets.
Corrour partnership explores natured-based sustainability solutions
The University continues to advance its leadership on sustainability through education, research, and operations. Emblematic of this commitment is a landmark investment in nature-based solutions through a long-term partnership with a Highland estate.
This innovative 100-year collaboration between the University and Corrour, near Fort William, focuses on data-driven, regenerative land management and peatland restoration to address the climate crisis. The partnership aims to stimulate joint research projects aligned with Corrour’s mission to lead landscape-scale ecological restoration through nature recovery and the encouragement of natural processes. Key habitats include native and montane woodland, tall herb communities, and upland freshwater ecosystems such as peatlands, with a focus on enhancing natural carbon storage and biodiversity.
Through peatland restoration and the regeneration of native woodlands, the carbon benefit of this long-term partnership is estimated at 100,000 tonnes of CO₂e – a key contribution toward the University’s net zero strategy.
In May, the St Andrews Climate Change Conference – organised by University researchers and chaired by Dr James Rae of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences – brought together academics from across disciplines for three days of engagement on sustainability research.
In October, the University launched its inaugural Sustainability Week. Events included panel discussions, workshops, tree planting, nature walks, and sustainability tours of Eden Campus. Halls of residence offered plant-based lunches, and visitors had the opportunity to meet the University’s herd of Highland cows, which graze land along the Fife Coastal Path as part of a biodiversity strategy.
The week concluded with the announcement of the 2024 winner of the St Andrews Prize for the Environment: the Kham River Restoration Mission, recognised for their work to revive a seasonal river flowing through the historic city of Aurangabad, India. The project was awarded a $100,000 cash prize to support its ongoing efforts.
At Eden Campus – home of St Andrews Innovation and the heart of the University’s sustainability activity – a £2 million donation from the Wolfson Foundation is helping advance the St Andrews Green Hydrogen Accelerator. The campus provides a unique environment for this research, with access to renewable energy, green hydrogen produced on-site, and biogenic carbon dioxide from the biomass power plant.
The University entered the global Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings for the first time and was placed in the 101–200 category out of 1,591 institutions worldwide for 2023.
Plans to expand solar power in St Andrews also progressed, with a scoping project evaluating the potential for installing solar panels on 65 University buildings.
The partnership with Stagecoach and Moffat and Williamson to offer a 75% discount on bus travel remains popular among staff, helping reduce commuting emissions and supporting rural bus services across North East Fife.
The University of St Andrews is committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2035 – a full decade ahead of Scotland’s national target – reaffirming its role as a leader in sustainability.

St Andrews researchers Dr Iain Matthews, Dr Lydia Cole and Dr Althea Davies and PhD candidate Kayleigh Leatherbarrow at peatland, near Loch Treigh, Corrour.
Student collaborations help build entrepreneurial ecosystems
In January, the EdenTay Founders Community brought together entrepreneurs, students, and alumni from the Tay Cities Universities to share ideas and build connections. The event featured speakers such as Keith Millican (Director of Enterprise), Dr Ross Gillanders (Founder of Lightwater Sensors), and representatives from the universities of Dundee, Abertay, and St Andrews, as well as TechScaler.
Also in January, staff from St Andrews Innovation (SI) hosted a roadshow in collaboration with the School of Psychology and Neuroscience. Open to all staff, researchers, and PhD students, the event highlighted the wide range of support available from SI, including the Entrepreneurship Centre, Technology Transfer Centre, Research Business Development, and the Rapid Prototyping Centre.
The Entrepreneurship Centre (EC) continues to offer practical entrepreneurial training, start-up and spin-out opportunities, and a dynamic calendar of events open to both the University community and the wider public. Over the past year, the Centre has supported 16 student-led start-ups, including two launched by EC programme graduates.
Among them is "Harlyy", a time-tracking and management software company targeting the Indian market, co-founded by James McCorkindale (School of Computer Science) and Zeeshan Abbas (Business School). The team won £10,000 in the Scottish Young EDGE competition.
Another EC-supported start-up, "Out N About", is an event-tracking platform aimed at fostering real-life connections on university campuses to reduce social isolation. Co-founded by Annabella Cuenca Goddard (School of Management) and Chukwudike Bryan Uwanaka (School of Computer Science), the project also received £10,000 through Scottish Young EDGE.
Recent Maths graduate and Principal’s Medal recipient, Simone Korsgaard Jensen, secured a $250,000 investment through Entrepreneur First for her startup "Radical". The company is pioneering personalised dosing in radiotherapy and exploring treatment reduction for pancreatic cancer. Simone’s success highlights the vital role of the Entrepreneurship Centre and broader support networks in nurturing groundbreaking ideas.
In April, the University collaborated with NHS Fife to host Imagining the Future of Healthcare—a forum for healthcare professionals, researchers, and industry leaders to explore digital health solutions, policy innovation, and improvements in patient care. Key challenges identified during the discussions are now being developed into projects by NHS Fife Innovation.
In May, the Entrepreneurship Centre and Research Business Development team hosted a life sciences summit on brain health in collaboration with Scottish Brain Sciences (SBS). The summit brought together experts to explore new directions in neuroscience and health innovation.
Innovation Week 2024, held in October, brought students, staff, alumni, and the wider community together to celebrate entrepreneurship. Organised by the Entrepreneurship Centre, the week featured speaker sessions, hands-on workshops, networking events, and competitions—providing direct access to industry leaders and reinforcing the University’s growing reputation as a hub for entrepreneurial thinking.

Students with Innovation Week keynote speaker Stuart Cassells – founder of world-famous bagpipe band The Red Hot Chilli Pipers and Head of Private Client Relationship Manager at Macallan.
Socially Responsible St Andrews
Social Responsibility at the University of St Andrews is reflected in a wide-ranging commitment to societal impact through research, sustainability, and community engagement—addressing both local needs and global challenges.
One such initiative is Golf for Health, launched in 2023 in partnership with NHS Fife and expanded in 2024. This pioneering programme integrates golf into primary care through social prescribing, supporting physical and mental well-being. Participants benefit from both the exercise and the social interaction the sport encourages. Dr Sam Warne (School of Medicine) shared findings from the pilot study at the "Golf, Health and Performance" conference, contributing global insights to the programme’s future development.
Environmental sustainability remains a key focus. The University continued work on coastal habitat restoration across 30 sites along the Fife coast, supported by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund. Activities such as tree planting, wetland creation, and conservation grazing form part of this initiative. The project was among 27 to receive part of a £4.1 million grant fund.
Students have also led impactful community efforts. In April, the Spare Spoon Initiative was launched to tackle food waste and local hunger. By offering free leftover meals from the Rector’s Café, the initiative served over 250 meals in its first week and continued throughout the year. Meal updates shared via Instagram helped turn the café into a welcoming community hub.
The University Community Fund, now in its fourth year, continues to support local projects. In 2024, it awarded £46,535 across 38 initiatives. Grants included £1,000 for new equipment at Quinns Boxing Club (Springfield), £1,500 for electric heaters at Freuchie Scout Hall to improve energy efficiency, and £3,000 to Richmond’s Hope, a bereavement support charity for children, to enhance their services in Methil.
Internationally, St Andrews extended support to three Afghan medical students who were barred from completing their education in Afghanistan. With support from the Linda Norgrove Foundation and the Scottish Government, the students are now continuing their studies in St Andrews with full tuition and living costs covered.
In 2024, the University hosted 16 summer schools, including the "Global Citizens Initiative" and "Scozia" for Ukrainian students, broadening access to academic opportunities. The Students’ Association’s Charities Campaign raised over £32,000 through its Race2 event for three student-nominated charities: The Wave Project, Smartworks Scotland, and Emergency UK.
Further initiatives included the rollout of accessibility training and resources to better support disabled students, while over 30 staff and friends took part in an International Women’s Day dook, raising nearly £800 for Fife Women’s Aid.
Through its growing portfolio of sustainability projects, inclusive outreach, and socially conscious research, the University of St Andrews continues to lead in creating positive change both locally and around the world.

Representatives of the University, Kingdom Initiatives and Campion Homes joined the Principal in celebrating the formal handover of the Grange.
People make St Andrews
Highlighting just a few of the personal, professional and team achievements of our staff and students in 2024.
- Dina Nayeri, Reader in Creative Writing in the School of English and award-winning writer of fiction and nonfiction was a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle Awards for her critically acclaimed book Who Gets Believed?
- International Relations Lecturer Roxani Krystalli made a major contribution to ‘I Remember’ – Scotland’s Covid memorial and a book which documents the pandemic.
- Six researchers from the Sea Mammal Research Unit successfully completed a cycle challenge from St Andrews to Orkney to raise awareness of climate change and the need to transition to a low carbon future, a journey of 300 miles the team completed in 6 days.
- Professor David Borchers from the School of Mathematics and Statistics was presented with the prestigious RSS Barnett Award for 2024 by the Royal Statistics Society (RSS), an award which recognises outstanding contributions to the field of environmental statistics.
- During a research trip to Oklahoma, Dr Kate Cowcher from the School of Art History uncovered one of the last artworks by major Ethiopian artist Gebre Kristos.
- World-leading scientists Honorary Professor of Chemistry Robert Tooze MBE, Professor John Irvine CBE, and Professor Terry K Smith CBE had their expertise recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.
- Professor Tim Greenwood, Professor in the School of History was elected Fellow of the British Academy, a prestigious international Fellowship of leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences.
- Dr Ilary Allodi from the School of Psychology and Neuroscience was awarded a place on the prestigious EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) Young Investigators programme.
- Teaching staff were awarded for their contributions over the last year at the 1413 Teaching Awards, where students awarded exceptional educators for the award.
- More than 30 University staff and friends gathered at East Sands beach to mark International Women’s Day with a dook in the chilly North Sea, raising almost £800 for Fife Women’s Aid.
- Professor Doug Benn from the School of Geography and Sustainable Development was awarded the Seligman Crystal, the highest award from the International Glaciological Society, which is awarded annually to a glaciologist who has made an outstanding contribution to our understanding of glacier behaviour.
- Director of Music Dr Michael Downes’ book Story of the Century: Wagner and the Creation of the Ring, was chosen by Presto Music as one of their five best music books of the year.
- The importance the University places on widening access and supporting care-experienced students took centre stage at Universities Scotland’s ’40 Faces’ campaign event, where Admissions Education Liaison Officer Rebecca Munro was invited to speak, reflecting on her own background growing up in care.
- Clare Peddie, Vice-Principal (Education) and Stephen Stewart, Director of Sport, made an official University visit to Zambia to meet with the University’s partners Sport in Action, with the goal of identifying more opportunities for staff and students to volunteer to support the charity and young people in Zambia.
- Colleagues from Centre for Educational Enhancement and Development (CEED), won the Innovative Use of Technology Award at the Herald Higher Education Awards, which was given for the Graduate Attributes Platform, developed to help students record the employability skills they have developed whilst studying at the University.
- Helen Mackie, Assistant Director Facilities Management in Estates received the Association of University Director of Estates (AUDE) Chair’s Award for Long Term contribution. Helen, who has been part of the University for almost 40 years was nominated by her Estates colleagues for this award.
- Shaun Wilson, Senior Technician in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience represented Scotland at the British Championships in Lawn Bowling.
- Biology student and University golf scholar Ellie Monk won the 2024 Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open at the prestigious Royal Troon Golf Club.
- Student Lou Selfridge curated the exhibition inter/pose which appeared in several public venues across St Andrews in June. The exhibition, funded in part by a grant from the University’s EDI Project Fund and by the School of English, featured art and literature by people affected by HIV and AIDS.
- Postgraduate marketing student and Saints Golf Performance Scholar Trevor Binau secured a remarkable victory in the 74th Boyd Quaich Memorial Golf tournament, an international student event hosted by the University at the Home of Golf, attracting competitors from Australia, Asia, Africa, the USA, Canada and Europe.
- Third-year Business School student Leonardo Dhinsa, who has cared for his grandparents throughout his life as well as coping with disability, was recognised for achieving exceptional academic performance at the sixth annual Student Social Mobility Awards.
- A rowing team from the University’s Boat Club competed in the First European Coastal Regatta, at Challenge Prince Albert II in Monaco, an event which featured some of the top rowers from across the globe.
- St Andrews Pre-Med students Omulbanin Sultani, Jamila Yousefi, and Atifa Mohammadi attended a reception with the First Minister at Bute House where they shared their experiences of life in Afghanistan under the Taliban and moving to Scotland.

Top teachers at the University were recognised by colleagues and students as part of the 2023 Teaching Excellence Awards.