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Inside the treasure chest 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A Maori war club, a ‘unicorn tusk’ and a wax model of a dissected face are among the strange assortment of treasures going on display at the University of St Andrews’ Gateway Galleries this weekend (S...
St Andrews scientist tipped to change the world 22 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
A University of St Andrews scientist who is inventing new ways for people to use computers has been tipped as one of the young innovators most likely to “change the world.” Computer scientist Dr Per ...
TS Eliot fragment shored against his ruins 16 Aug 2013 | 02:38 pm
A rare UK first edition of TS Eliot's The Waste Land is the latest edition to the University of St Andrews’ world renowned Special Collections. The book had been donated to an Oxfam bookshop and was ...
'Eye-phone' that could help prevent blindness 15 Aug 2013 | 04:51 pm
A man from Nakuru, Kenya, having his retina imaged for optic nerve diseases by the Peek smartphone tool. Credit: Peek. Visionary scientists have developed an adapted smartphone that can carry out eye...
St Andrews students the most satisfied in Scotland 13 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
St Andrews students have voted their university the best in the country, according to the results of the National Student Survey published today (Tuesday 13 August 2013). The University of St Andrews...
Saints cycle 9 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
Staff from the University of St Andrews today (Friday 9 August 2013) set out from the castle at Peñíscola, Spain to retrace the foundations of Scottish higher education by cycling the route travelled ...
In with the IT crowd 31 Jul 2013 | 07:27 pm
The University of St Andrews IT department has won two awards. Steve Watt, Chief Information Officer at the University, was voted ICT Leader of the Year at the 2013 Holyrood Connect ICT Awards. Appo...
Scientists return to Morecambe Bay 30 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
A team of scientists, led by the University of St Andrews, are returning to Morecambe Bay this week to look at how the plants and animals living in salt marshes and mudflats contribute to our natural ...
Rare artworks to go on permanent display 30 Jul 2013 | 04:37 pm
John Pettie, "James Guthrie Orchar 1825-1898", 1886. Copyright Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council). A rarely shown collection of art works can now be viewed 24 hours a d...
Seeing beyond the limit 29 Jul 2013 | 05:38 pm
A new super-resolution microscope facility which will allow scientists to see what they had previously only been able to imagine, has been developed at the University of St Andrews. The £½ million mi...
