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Rugby fanatic dies days after discovering rare blood disease

A FORMER captain of St Andrews University rugby team was killed within days by a horrifying disease which destroyed almost all the platelets in his blood. Steven Sims , 23,...

Sir Sean narrates 600 years of university history

SCREEN legend Sir Sean Connery makes a return to the silver screen this week in a film charting the history of Scotland’s oldest University. On...

Academic honours The Owl and the Pussycat author

A UNIVERSITY of St Andrews academic has paid tribute to the life and works of Victorian artist and nonsense poet, Edward Lear (1812-88). Dr Sara...

Carved stone inscription presented to University to mark 600th anniversary

A STONE inscribed with the Scots translation of Greek Poet Simonides work has been presented to the University of St Andrews by Historic Scotland...

University boost for vacant Fife mill site

THE University of St Andrews is to move ahead with plans to establish a Green Energy Centre and a Knowledge Exchange Centre for spin-out...

New light technology could spot and help cure diseases earlier

WORLD-LEADING experts at the University of St Andrews have been awarded a £5.6m grant to develop new light technologies which could improve diagnosis and...

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