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St
Andrews in demand |
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Applications from prospective students to the university
have increased by 17%, according to figures released by UCAS.
A total of 13,696 prospective students have applied for a
place at St Andrews in 2012 – equivalent to 10 applications
for every available place. This is the largest number of
applications ever received by St Andrews, and comes against a
downturn in the UK HE sector as a whole. |
World-class
science |
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St Andrews has been placed 71st in the world for the
quality of its scientific research in the Leiden Ranking
2012 league table of top universities. | |
Winning
words |
Photograph
by Helmut Fricke
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Professor John Burnside of the School of English has
won the highest accolade in British poetry – the TS
Eliot Prize. Professor Burnside won the prize for his
collection, 'Black Cat Bone'. | |
Reaching
for the stars |
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Dr Martin Dominik, a researcher in the university’s
School of Physics & Astronomy, has been named as one
of the best young scientists in the world. He is the
first Scottish-based academic to be made a member of The
Global Young Academy. |
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Versing the
600th |
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StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival (14-18
March 2012) celebrates the 600th Anniversary of St Andrews as
part of its twin themes Poetry by Degrees, which explores
poetry in education, and The Image, which takes in visual art,
photography and film. Tickets are now on sale. Full
programme and booking details are availalbe on the StAnza
website. |
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Get
on the bus |
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Famous TV scientist Professor Iain Stewart helped the
university launch an innovative earth sciences outreach
project for young scientists – the Geobus.The new
educational project, spearheaded by St Andrews
geologists, involves a mobile science unit travelling to
secondary schools throughout Scotland.
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Pregnancy
predictor |
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A mobile phone app which can predict the likelihood of
successful IVF has been created by St Andrews academics. The
application called IVF Predict asks users a series of
questions to provide a percentage chance of how successful a
procedure will be. |
Fantastic
Creatures |
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The MUSA Young Artist Award is an annual art
competition for schools in Fife. The theme for
this year’s competition is ‘Fantastic Creatures’.
Pupils are invited to seek inspiration for their
artwork from the Bell Pettigrew Museum’s weird and
wonderful collection of birds, mammals, reptiles, fishes
and insects. |
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Film frenzy |
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Do you fancy trying your hand as a film-maker? If so,
the 60 hour film blitz is returning in March, offering
you the chance to make a short film celebrating
everything you love about St
Andrews. | |
Events
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Lecture
by Professor Robert Crawford to accompany the Simonides
Exhibition |
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MBI Al-Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College, Merton
Street, Oxford OX1 4JF
Monday 6 February, 5.00pm – 6.00pm |
CFS
Talk: Joshua Yumibe, Into and Out of the Screen: The Immersive
Colours of Silent Cinema |
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Examining the various ways in which colour was used during
silent cinema to create an immersive colour space for the
embodied spectator.
School VI, St Salvator’s Quadrangle, St
Andrews
Tuesday 7 February, 5.15pm - 7.00pm
Details of all this season’s events are available
from the Centre
for Film Studies |
Inspired
by...the forensic drawing of Bishop
Kennedy |
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Caroline Wilkinson, Professor of Cranio-facial
Identification at the University of Dundee, will shed light on
the techniques used to recreate faces in 2 and 3D using human
remains. This talk will offer a chance to take a closer look
at the forensic drawing of Bishop Kennedy.
MUSA, 7a The Scores, St Andrews
Thursday 9
February, 1.00pm – 1.30pm |
St
Andrews Foreign Affairs Conference - One Year Later: Arab
Spring Revisited |
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The two-day conference will bring the divergent
threads of analysis of the Arab Spring together in one forum,
providing not only unique takes on the revolutionary events,
but also the opportunity to discuss and debate their
impact.
Parliament Hall, South Street, St
Andrews
Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 February
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Inaugural
Lecture: Professor Frances Andrews |
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'Building Trust in the Italian Middle Ages'
Professor
Frances Andrews, School of History
School III, St Salvator's Quadrangle
Wednesday
15 February, 5.15pm –
6.30pm |
Memorial
Service for Professor Emeritus Paul
Wilkinson |
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A celebration of the life of Professor Paul Wilkinson
St Salvator’s Chapel, St Andrews
Thursday 16
February, 4.30pm – 5.30pm |
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Mediaeval
Music Weekend |
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Return to the sounds of mediaeval St Andrews. A series of
events which explores and celebrates music from the time of
the university’s founding in the 15th century and brings
together the university’s expertise in mediaeval studies and
music. The programme will include lectures, workshops and
concerts of mediaeval music.
Various venues, St Andrews
Saturday 18 – Sunday
19 February |
Talk
and Debate: The Biblical Evidence that Jesus Was
Gay |
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Talk by Dr Keith Sharpe based on his new book 'The Gay
Gospels'.
School III, St Salvator’s Quadrangle, St
Andrews
Monday 20 February, 8.00pm
– 10.30pm |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Early Evening Concert |
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Third in a new series of early evening chamber concerts by members of the university's Orchestra in Residence, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. This concert features Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Aisling O'Dea (violin) and Simon Smith (piano) in a programme to include Ligeti Horn Trio.
Younger Hall, North Street, St Andrews
Wednesday 29 February, 5.30pm
Details of this season’s concerts are available from the Music
Centre. |
Making a gift
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Our 600th Anniversary campaign was launched last year by
our campaign Patron and alumnus, Prince William, Duke of
Cambridge. We aim to secure £100 million to support a range of
projects and aspirational new developments integral to the
university’s ambition to consolidate its status as a
world-class centre for teaching and research. To view the
exciting and varied projects that make up the campaign, please
visit our 600th website http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/develop
You can make a gift to the campaign in a variety of ways: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/alumni/giving/
We look forward to welcoming you to our community of
donors, committed to securing a seventh century of excellence
for this great university. |
Exhibitions |
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Seeing
in a Wider Sense |
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The exhibition brings together the work of Fife-based
artists Will Maclean and Marian Leven with university social
anthropologists Dr Stephanie Bunn and Professor Peter Gow.
Artwork and artefacts from different cultures provide a
starting point for dialogue between disciplines. Presented by
Fife Contemporary Art & Craft.
St Andrews Museum, Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Rd, St Andrews
Continues until Sunday 4 March |
Perspectives |
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Over the last few months, four groups from the local
community, including university students, local residents and
college students, were prompted to create their own
interpretive labels for artworks from The Harry and Margery
Boswell Collection of Scottish Art.
Gateway Galleries, North Haugh, St
Andrews
Continues until Sunday 4 March
A number
of events for adults and children will accompany the
exhibition. | |
General Council of the University of St Andrews
Members of the General Council are invited to nominate fellow
member(s) to stand for a position on the Business Committee and/or
the Committee of the Alumnus Association. Nominations will
close on 30 March 2012. The terms of office will run from 1
July 2012 for four years (three vacancies on the Business
Committee), from 1 July 2012 for one year (one vacancy on the
Business Committee) and from 1 July 2012 for five years (one vacancy
on the Committee of the Alumnus Association).
There will also be a vacancy for the position of General Council
Assessor to the University Court to run for four years from 1 August
2012. Nominations for this position will close on 1
March 2012.
Further information and nomination forms are available here.
Alumni News, Clubs and Services
Alumni
Reunion Weekend: Friday 22 to Sunday 24 June 2012
As the programme is being finalised for this year’s Reunion
Weekend, please remember to keep the dates free in your diary.
Biology
graduates and athletes
The School of Biology and the Sports Centre are planning special
reunions this summer for alumni with Biology degrees or sports
participation – formal team sports or just for fun – while at St
Andrews. The reunions will take place on 23 June as part of
the general 2012 Reunion and will include tours, exhibitions, talks
by professors and students and the chance to reconnect with your
former classmates and teammates.
Latin
degree certificates
Decorative degree certificates, written in Latin, are now
available once again to graduates as a unique memento of their
achievement. The certificate is printed in four special colours and
gold foil blocked on hand-made paper. Each certificate is
individually signed and is hand-scripted by a calligrapher. We are
also pleased to offer a limited-edition 600th Anniversary version,
featuring a gold embossed '600 Years' crest. Further details are available here.
Social Networking
Alumni and friends can now keep up to date with the University
activities and events online via Facebook and Twitter.
 
Follow
our 600th Anniversary celebrations on Facebook.
US
parents Facebook group is looking forward to hearing from
you!
Network professionally through the alumni-run University of St
Andrews Alumni LinkedIn group.
Publications
Whisky
Classified
Dr David Wishart (Honorary Research Fellow, School of
Management)
Revised and expanded edition of the definitive guide to malt
whisky tasting. 
Price £16.99 from Anova
Books |
