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Toggle search. Hide search. Submit. Digital pattern library. Navigation. Digital pattern library. The digital pattern library (DPL) is a resource to support University staff who are designing or developing new web pages and other digital outputs.…

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Information technology > Digital standards

Published date:

1 November 2019

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Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

House style. This house style should be used for all University communications (both web and print). If you have any comments or suggestions for additional information to be included, please contact the Digital Communications team at itservicedesk@st…

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Brand

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1 November 2019

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Understand what to do before inviting a high-profile visitor and what steps to take when receiving approval.…

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External relations

Published date:

12 November 2025

Document type:

Guide

Scope (applies to):

all staff, all students

University of St Andrews brand. The University is committed to ensuring that its visual and design identity is presented in a clear and consistent manner across all print and digital publications. Browse by category. Academic poster templates are…

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Brand

Published date:

1 November 2019

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Applicable to all University staff engaged in the booking of travel for business purposes including flights/rail/car hire/coach hire/bus/taxi/ferry/airport transfers/airport parking/accommodation/travel/visas/tours (UK/WW), and personal travel…

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Purchasing and procurement > Buying

Published date:

12 November 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

Filename standards. This page offers guidelines for naming files (e.g. PDFs, Word documents, Excel documents, etc.) that will be made available for download by end-users. Filenames for code can be found in the appropriate code standards. Naming…

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Information technology > Digital standards

Published date:

1 November 2019

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Guidance for individuals who are asked to be a witness during an investigation or formal hearing.…

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Staff > Employee relations > Conduct management

Published date:

12 November 2025

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

The statement highlights key actions being taken and how these align to the Scottish Government’s Fair Work Principles.…

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Staff

Published date:

29 April 2025

Document type:

Strategy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

Accessibility. The University of St Andrews is committed to making the University website accessible to all. To do this, webpages and apps must meet the international Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA accessibility standard.…

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Information technology > Digital standards

Published date:

1 November 2019

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy has been developed to enable employees to request an extended period of unpaid time away from work in order to balance their career with other commitments, responsibilities and interests. …

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Staff > Annual leave and other absence > Career break

Published date:

11 November 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

Social media guidelines. The University of St Andrews recognises social media as an opportunity to promote education, research and academic freedom, and to make the St Andrews community and its ideas accessible to the wider world. Many people now…

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Information technology > Digital standards

Published date:

1 November 2019

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

As outlined in section 2 (Objectives)…

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Staff

Published date:

22 July 2025

Document type:

Procedure

Scope (applies to):

All staff

Search policy. This policy applies to the use of Funnelback, the University search engine. Funnelback is provided by a third-party company, Squiz. This policy applies where Funnelback is used, such as the main University search. Funnelback only…

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Information technology > Digital standards

Published date:

4 June 2020

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To provide information to employees adopting a child regarding their eligibility to adoption leave and pay.…

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Staff > Annual leave and other absence > Family friendly leave

Published date:

11 November 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

Code style and standards guides. Coding standards are a set of guidelines, best practices, programming styles and conventions that developers follow when writing source code for a project. Developers should follow these standards in order to, among…

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Information technology > Digital standards

Published date:

1 November 2019

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Links policy. Open all. URL policy. The following guidelines only apply to links on the University website. Lowercase. All URLs must be lowercase. For example:. http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/entrance-requirements/. Not:.…

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Information technology > Digital standards

Published date:

1 November 2019

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To outline the procedure for setting tuition fees…

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Student administration > Tuition fees

Published date:

15 September 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All students

Google Analytics policy. Google Analytics is a powerful data tool that tracks and reports website and mobile app traffic. This policy describes the arrangement between the Digital Communications team and any University members of staff in relation…

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Information technology > Digital standards

Published date:

1 November 2019

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

To provide guidance on the University’s approach to the protection and exploitation of Intellectual Property.…

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Research > External work

Published date:

12 September 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Establishes a travel and fieldwork risk assessment process that applies to staff and students representing the University who engage in travel and/or fieldwork.…

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Health and safety

Published date:

6 January 2022

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy lays out the University's process and rules pertaining to examinations.…

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Academic policies > Assessment, examination and award

Published date:

23 September 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This guidance outlines the emergency contact process for students…

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Student support > Incident management

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22 August 2025

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

List of authorities delegated by Court…

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Financial matters > Legal regulations

Published date:

26 May 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

Provides information regarding the University’s Maternity offering and procedures.…

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Staff > Annual leave and other absence > Family friendly leave

Published date:

11 November 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

This policy covers the provision of equipment to enable employees to work remotely (either as part of a hybrid working arrangement, or during periods of enforced remote working).…

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Safe St Andrews

Published date:

10 June 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

Committed to respect and fair treatment for everyone, eliminating discrimination and actively promoting equality of opportunity and delivering fairness to all.…

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Staff > Equality, diversity and inclusion > Review

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20 August 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

University of St Andrews is committed to sustainable purchasing and to supporting Fairtrade…

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Estate > Environmental sustainability > Food sourcing

Published date:

10 September 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Regulations for using the libraries of the University of St Andrews.…

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Library and museum services

Published date:

1 August 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This document outlines the Saints Sport policy on clean sport specific to our performance, scholarship and supported athletes.…

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Extra-curricular services > Sports

Published date:

3 June 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

To define university policy on tuition fee liability…

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Student administration > Tuition fees

Published date:

23 September 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All students

To define university policy on staff fees…

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Student administration > Tuition fees

Published date:

12 August 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All students

This policy sets out the framework for raising, addressing and resolving concerns in the workplace.…

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Staff > Employee relations > Resolving workplace disputes

Published date:

17 October 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

To consider the ‘supply side’ of wellbeing provision in the university and provide a single definition of the term ‘wellbeing’ to facilitate wider conversation.…

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Staff > Health and well-being

Published date:

10 April 2024

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This document states the principles and arrangements for the maintenance of the University’s estate. This document is not intended to cover all possible maintenance needs or permutations but is a statement of the principles by which the…

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Estate > Facilities management > Maintenance

Published date:

23 October 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

Provides information on visa regulations.…

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Staff > Rights to work

Published date:

6 February 2024

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

All staff

This document outlines the terms and conditions of use for the University of St Andrews Nursery.…

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Extra-curricular services > Sports

Published date:

15 September 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Public

Provides guidance on agency worker rights.…

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Staff > Recruitment > Agency workers

Published date:

27 March 2023

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

All staff

Guidance for staff on how to respond to the death of a student…

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Student support > Incident management

Published date:

23 October 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

University parking regulations…

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Estate > Facilities management > Parking

Published date:

15 July 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Provides information on visa regulations.…

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Staff > Rights to work

Published date:

6 February 2024

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

All staff

This policy details the purpose, use and management of the CCTV system at the university and details the procedures to be followed in order to ensure that the university complies with relevant legislation and the current Information Commissioner’s…

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Estate > Facilities management > Security

Published date:

1 November 2023

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Public

This guide helps you to understand copyright and its relevance to your work and study at the University of St Andrews.…

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Library and museum services

Published date:

9 June 2022

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Provides information regarding the University’s obligation to protect children who are at risk of harm, abuse, neglect, exploitation, discrimination or being drawn into radicalisation, with respect to the University Nursery and Saints Sport.…

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Extra-curricular services > Sports

Published date:

1 July 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Public

EDI review performed by Stuart Hall 11/01/2023. Confirms the purpose and procedure for the probation period.…

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Staff > Employee relations > Probation

Published date:

5 July 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

This policy concerns all matters relating to Academic Alerts including types and status, attendance monitoring and procedures for issuing and managing academic alerts.…

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Academic policies > Student progression > Academic alerts

Published date:

2 October 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

RBS health and safety policy and management arrangements…

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Health and safety

Published date:

1 October 2024

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

This policy relates to student absence and includes the definition of absence, working periods, self-certificates of absence, timing, procedures for responding to self-certificate of absence, incomplete module assessment and documentary evidence…

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Academic policies > Student progression > Student absence

Published date:

24 September 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

UG and PGT students

Lays out the roles and expectations for students and staff for the supervision of postgraduate research students.…

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Academic policies > Learning and teaching > Supervision

Published date:

26 August 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

Terms and conditions for accessing service provided by Music centre…

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Extra-curricular services > Music

Published date:

9 September 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

Public

The Estates design guide is intended to lay out a framework for all those involved in building design, refurbishment, and maintenance.…

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Estate > Environmental sustainability

Published date:

10 September 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff