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Congratulations to Alex Elliott

Congratulations to Alex Elliott who has successfully defended his PhD thesis “Fleets and Naval Forces of the Late Roman Mediterranean (3rd – 6th Centuries)”. Alex's thesis reanalyses the...

Footsteps of the ancients 2024

Students taking the archaeology course “In the Footsteps of the Ancients” have arrived in Greece for their field trip. They have a busy itinerary! They’re pictured below at the border fort at...

MLitt Widening Access Scholarship

The School of Classics at the University of St Andrews is pleased to offer a new Widening Access Scholarship for the Classics MLitt programme. The scholarship is designed to support students from groups...