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Fiona Hill, the daughter of a coal miner and a midwife from County Durham, graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in Russian and History and went on to serve under three U.S. Presidents as a nonpartisan national security advisor, becoming the White House’s top expert on Russia. She is now running […]

Dr Leyla Hussein OBE is no stranger to adversity, but a stranger to complacency. Her life story can tell you that, the very purpose she has dedicated her life to speaks volumes in itself. Having felt the weight of the systemic inequalities encroaching on a Black Muslim woman, she refuses to let that be the […]

I love St Andrews and interacting with students; your vision and passion for life and desire to make things better, inspire me every day. Let me introduce myself further … In the late 1970’s I studied computer science here at St Andrews. This set me up for a fascinating career with Bell Telephone Labs in […]