University of St Andrews
Public university in St Andrews
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| 2025 | Appeared in Scottish Mace Championship finals (Parth Pandya and William Smith). Parth Pandya and Abbie Lewis won the SSDC Pro-Am. |
| 2025 | Sushmhitah Sandanatavan, the 2024/2025 PALS President, received the Proctor's Award for working in partnership with the University to enhance learning and teaching at St Andrews. |
| 2025 | Dame Joanna Lumley headlined the International Film Festival of St Andrews. Speakers included the Russo brothers and other notable film industry professionals. Opening film was 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' from the UK, closing film was 'Yasmeen's Element' from Pakistan. |
| 2025 | The medical school is ranked 6th in the UK by The Times University Guide and 7th by The Guardian University Guide. |
| 2024 | Appeared in Scottish Mace Championship finals (Parth Pandya and William Smith). |
| 2024 | Steven Soderbergh was the headliner for the International Film Festival of St Andrews. Speakers included Harry and Tom Holland and the Russo brothers. Opening film was 'Mami Wata' from Nigeria, closing film was 'Maestra' from the United States. |
| 2024 | The inaugural Sands golf tournament was introduced as part of the festival's expanded activities, broadening the event's scope beyond film screenings. |
| 2024 | St Andrews maintained its first-place ranking in both The Guardian University Guide and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide. |
| August 1 2024 | The University Court dismissed Stella Maris from the court and as a university trustee, while allowing her to remain Rector for the remainder of her tenure. |
| July 2024 | William Tooman became Principal and Head of School, replacing Oliver Crisp. |
| July 31 2024 | University's endowments reached £125.9 million, and total net assets grew to £499.6 million at the end of the financial year. |
| July 31 2024 | University of St Andrews reported a total income of £310.8 million for the financial year, with key income sources including £158.7 million from tuition fees, £43.3 million from funding body grants, and £40.3 million from research grants and contracts. |
| May 2024 | University College Union released an open letter calling for divestment from institutions 'complicit in Israel's genocide in Gaza', which received 1,072 signatures from staff and students. |
| March 2024 | PALS committee was selected as a finalist for the Enterprising Mind of the Year (EMOY) Award and delivered a presentation at the EMOY Finale Event, showcasing the scheme's expanded scope. |
| January 2024 | PALS featured at the CELPiE Learning and Teaching Conference, with the President presenting alongside academic staff on innovations in student-led knowledge workshops and formative assessment. |
| 2023 | Appeared in Scottish Mace Championship finals (Parth Pandya and Cara Shepherd). William Smith and Freddie Skerrett won the Durham IV. Parth Pandya and Alastair Bowyer broke to the octo-finals of the World Universities Debating Championship in Madrid. |
| 2023 | International Film Festival of St Andrews featured Stanley Tucci as headliner. Notable speakers included Reinaldo Marcus Green and Joe Russo. Opening film was 'Klondike' from Ukraine, closing film was 'Rye Lane' from the UK. |
| 2023 | Stella Maris becomes the most recent Rector of the University of St Andrews, serving from 2023 to the present. |
| 2023 | Season 6 of the Netflix show The Crown was partially filmed in St Andrews. |
| 2023 | University of St Andrews achieved the twelfth-largest endowment and third-highest alumni participation rate in the UK, with endowments reaching £125.9 million and total net assets of £499.6 million. |
| 2023 | St Andrews ranked first in the Guardian University Guide for the first time in the guide's history. |
| December 2023 | The University of St Andrews hired King's Counsel Morag Ross to conduct an independent investigation into Stella Maris' actions and email. |
| November 26 2023 | The university's Jewish Society (JSoc) released a statement expressing concern over the content of Maris' email and its potential implications. |
| November 21 2023 | Stella Maris sent a campus-wide email to 10,000 students controversially commenting on Israel and Palestinians, which sparked significant institutional and community reactions. |
| 2022 | Appeared in Scottish Mace Championship finals (Zaine Mansuralli and William Smith, Cara Shepherd and William Finlator). Cara Shepherd and William Smith won the Durham IV. |
| 2022 | International Film Festival of St Andrews held with headliner Joe Russo. Opening film was 'Hive' from Kosovo, closing film was 'Long Live My Happy Head' from Scotland. |
| 2022 | University announced plans to create New College, a fourth college responsible for the School of International Relations and the newly formed Business School, to be located at the former Madras College site in the town centre with an expected cost of £100 million. |
| 2022 | Reaches a milestone of 72.1% offer rate for students from the most deprived areas, almost three times higher than the university's overall offer rate. |
| 2022 | University of St Andrews ranked as the best university in the UK for the first time, topping Oxford and Cambridge in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide. |
| 2022 | Season 6 of the Netflix series The Crown was partially filmed in St Andrews. |
| September 2022 | First cohort of ScotGEM students scheduled to graduate with a joint degree from the University of St Andrews and the University of Dundee. |
| January 2022 | Oliver Crisp became Principal and Head of School. |
| 2021 | Freddy Simmonet-Lefevre and Fraser Laing won the Oxford IV Novice Final. |
| 2021 | Successful undergraduate entrants held 212 UCAS points (equivalent to just under A*A*A*A at A Level), ranking the university highest amongst UK higher education institutions for admissions. |
| 2021 | Ranked 16th in the UK and second in Scotland for research quality in the Research Excellence Framework. |
| 2021 | Demolition of Albany Park student accommodation was completed. |
| October 2021 | Oliver Crisp became Acting Head of the School of Divinity. |
| 2020 | Appointed Olympic rower Alan Sinclair as Director of Rowing. |
| 2020 | Leyla Hussein becomes Rector, serving from 2020 to 2023. |
| 2020 | Jay Parini published 'Borges and Me', a memoir recounting a road trip from St Andrews to the Highlands with Jorge Luis Borges. |
| 2020 | Philosophy department ranked sixth worldwide and third in Europe in QS World University Rankings. |
| 2020 | Launch of the St Andrews Law Review, the first legal publication in the town. |
| 2019 | Nathan Titterton, the School of Medicine President, received the Proctor's Award for his contributions to the School of Medicine while being part of the Peer Assisted Learning Scheme. |
| 2019 | Senior Women won gold in Wint2- category featuring Lydia Theos and Kirstin Giddy, and reaffirmed their position as W4- medalists at BUCS. Senior Men reached semi-finals of the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. |
| 2019 | Began leading a Royal Historical Society research team investigating the experiences of LGBT+ historians and LGBT+ history teaching in UK universities. |
| 2019 | Ranked 5th in Europe by Times Higher Education in Teaching Rankings. |
| 2019 | Albany Park student accommodation was demolished, marking a significant change in the university's housing infrastructure. |
| 2018 | Won a shield at the British Senior Rowing Championships and the VL trophy at Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships. |
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