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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

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1 November 2019

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Guidance

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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

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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:

13 December 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

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1 November 2019

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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:

13 December 2025

Document type:

Guidance

Scope (applies to):

Staff and students

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

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

Outlines the approach to the prevention and management of occupational stress throughout the University.…

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Staff > Health and well-being > Mental health

Published date:

3 December 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

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:

19 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

This policy sets out the basis for the University’s decision to have a fixed retirement age for all employees.…

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Staff > Employee relations > Retirement

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3 December 2025

Document type:

Policy

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

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4 June 2020

Document type:

Policy

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

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

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:

2 December 2025

Document type:

Policy

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

The purpose of this policy is to describe the University’s approach to business/IT architectural governance in terms of change management, capability-based management, and service-orientated architecture and to outline how clear accountability for…

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Infomation Technology

Published date:

13 November 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All staff

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

The policy explains the process and implications of failure to matriculate…

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Student administration > Registration

Published date:

20 November 2025

Document type:

Policy

Scope (applies to):

All students