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Advice for Small Businesses, from Small Businesses
How to support them, and tips for starting your own – from St Andrews’ very own student entrepreneurs. Whilst researching the different businesses being run by St Andrews students, I asked each of the owners about what advice they would give people who are looking to get involved with student-run businesses – whether by supporting […]
Student-Run Businesses You Need To See (Part 2)
This is part two of my attempt to compile a list of businesses being run by St Andrews students. In this article, I’m highlighting service-based businesses, and a couple of brands which will be launching in the very near future. Blackmoorxart If you’re looking for art commissions in St Andrews, 3rd year student Hanabi Blackmoor […]
Student-Run Businesses You Need To See (Part 1)
Recently, I’ve been noticing some Instagram pages popping up for businesses being run by St Andrews students. After watching these pages grow for a while, I began wondering: how many other businesses are out there that I haven’t stumbled across yet? As soon as I started researching, I saw that just as I had imagined, there were loads […]
Which Language Should You Learn?
Learning a new language is beneficial for a multitude of reasons. A new tongue can transport you to other worlds, boost your CV, improve your communication skills, teach you about another culture and give you another perspective. Languages can help us to connect in a global and multicultural world. Ever since I could remember, I […]
The Closure of the Barron: A Lament
The Barron Theatre, nestled just off North Street, is St Andrews’s black-box venue and one of only three entirely student-run theatres in the UK. As well as being home to the Mermaids (The University of St Andrews Performing Arts Fund), whose team of volunteers manage and care for the theatre, it facilitates countless other societies […]
William & Kate: The Movie
I love a good romantic comedy. Something that has a sweet ending where despite the comedic obstacles, the main protagonists make it to the end and find each other. Although sometimes cringey and cliché, I like the message of hope, of not giving up, and definitely marrying a prince. Romantic comedies can be funny and […]
Quiz: Which Colour Pablo Are You?
For The Record: Nationalists, No Deal & New Zealand
It can be hard to keep up with the news. That’s why we do the hard work for you, making sure everything is written up each Sunday ‘For The Record’. Local It was quite a quiet week in local news; there were few Scottish stories, and few headlines from St Andrews itself. No single headline […]
For The Record: Controversy, Conference & Campaigning
It can be hard to keep up with the news. Thats why we do the hard work for you, making sure everything is written up each Sunday ‘For The Record’. Local The main stories in local news this week continued to focus on the growing outbreak of coronavirus cases at the university. Total cases rose […]
Freshers in a Pandemic
Freshers is one of the most hotly anticipated events of first year, the big thing to look forward to after the end of compulsory education. Obviously this year it looked quite different, and my experience as a fresher has been coloured with the shade of a pandemic hanging over our heads. Although the news gives a grim cast to […]
The Diary of a Voluntary Lockdownee
I’m sure I speak for many student journalists when I say that last week’s news of a voluntary lockdown absolutely thrilled me. Finally, a chance to write about something relevant to every student in St Andrews! I might even break double digits in readership this time! Human misery on a vast scale is like catnip to journalists. I […]
St Andrews Students Urged To Avoid Pubs, Bars & Restaurants
In her latest email to students at the University, Principal Sally Mapstone asked students to voluntarily avoid pubs, bars and restaurants – for this weekend only, ‘dependent on case numbers stabilising’. This action is being taken by all Scottish universities. This followed news that a further 5 cases of coronavirus had been reported in the […]
Review: Rhapsody of Ogygia by ORPH€A
In our university, we have many successful up-and-coming musicians, and this rich talent is often displayed by STAR, especially by events such as the Bell Pettigrew Sessions. In this article, I’ll be exploring the most recent EP by Kristie, also known as ORPH€A, Rhapsody of Ogygia, with songs inspired by Homer’s Odyssey – so, as […]
Becoming An Undergraduate At 27
After I left school in 2010 and didn’t head off to university like most of my peers, I was always under the impression that I’d missed my chance at going on to study for a degree at university. I didn’t succeed as much as I’d like at high school. My grades weren’t bad, but they […]
Freshers’ Week Party Spreads Covid – Stay In Your Household, Students Told
This morning, Principal Sally Mapstone sent a follow-up email to her Friday request for a voluntary lockdown. After briefly thanking students for supporting the decision and sacrificing their time, she confirmed four new cases in St Andrews linked to a Freshers Week party. ‘Over 40’ students are now in enforced isolation as a result. The […]
Principal Asks Students To Go Into Voluntary Lockdown
In an urgent message sent just before 5pm this afternoon, Principal and Vice-Chancellor Sally Mapstone asked students at the University of St Andrews to observe a voluntary lockdown for the entirety of the weekend, effective almost immediately from 7pm today. The contents of her email follow: Dear Students This is an urgent and important message. […]
St Andrews In The News
The summer before I came to St Andrews, our little town was in my newsfeed constantly. Not because anything exciting had actually happened, but because I was compulsively researching it. It made me feel a connection with a place I’d only been to once before, and the more I learned, the less nervous I felt […]
For The Record: Research, Rising Cases & Rule-Breakers
It can be hard to keep up with the news. Even for those of us who try to follow the endless headlines, it’s even harder to track the important topics. Thats why we do the hard work for you, making sure everything is written up each Sunday ‘For The Record’. Local The big story in […]