University of St Andrews

Two golf performance scholars from the University of St Andrews have been selected to represent their home nations in the upcoming Home Internationals in Ireland.Megan Ashley, a third-year Art History and French student, will represent…

The University of St Andrews has achieved a Fairtrade University award in recognition of its commitment to ethical and sustainable consumption.Now in its fifth year, this prestigious award is delivered as a partnership between the…

New observations from the Budongo Forest in Uganda help us to understand why chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants.Scientists from the University of St Andrews and the University of Neuchatel used 40 years of observations to explore…

Four chemistry students from the University of St Andrews have helped to discover a class of molecules that can help accelerate DNA repair which could help in the treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer’s.The undergraduate students –…

A new study of ancient ocean temperatures, published today in Science, shows that the deep North Atlantic Ocean was once 20C – warmer than the surface of the modern Mediterranean.Scientists say the new data, spanning the last 60 million…

A stunning £12.5 million building dedicated to providing world-class music facilities for the University of St Andrews and the wider community has scooped a top prize in the Scottish Design Awards.The Laidlaw Music Centre – which boasts…

The University of St Andrews is top in the UK for student academic experience, according to the results of the National Student Survey 2022 published yesterday (Wednesday 6 July 2022).The National Student Survey (NSS) named St Andrews the…

If at first your budget doesn’t succeed, try, try again – that’s the recommendation from a new paper by researchers at the University of St Andrews and the University of Texas A&M.Led by Dr Marcel Lukas, Lecturer in Banking and…

Chimpanzees can find their way through a computerised world to find virtual fruit, new research led by the University of St Andrews has found.Using touchscreen technology, six primates at Leipzig Zoo, Germany, learned to navigate towards…

An exhibition showcasing the work of Ukrainian artists, directly impacted by the war in their home country, opens at St Andrews Botanic Garden this week.‘Places We Love: Art and the Ukrainian East’ features the work of artists Oleksandr…