Editing University of St Andrews (section)

==Student life==
===Students' Association===
[[File:University Shop and Rector's Cafe, Market Street, St Andrews geograph-6109914-by-Richard-Sutcliffe.jpg|thumb|left|The university shop and Rector's Cafe, part of the Union]]
The [[University of St Andrews Students' Association]] is the organisation that represents the student body of the University of St Andrews.<ref name="stafoi">{{Cite press release |title = Publication Scheme – Category 13 – Class: Relationship with Students' Association |publisher = University of St Andrews |date = 24 January 2006
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It was founded in 1885 and comprises the [[students' representative council]] (SRC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/52-53/55/contents/data.htm|title=Universities (Scotland) Act 1889|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=26 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426054117/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/52-53/55/contents/data.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Student Activities Forum (SAF) (previously known as the Students' Services Council (SSC)). The Students' Association has 10 SRC subcommittees and 11 SAF subcommittees: '''SRC''': Accommodation, Alumni, BAME Students' Network, Community Relations (ComRels), Disabled Students Network (DSN), Environment, Equal Opportunities (EqualOps), Life Long and Flexible Learners (Lifers), SaintsLGBT+, and Wellbeing. '''SAF''': The Entertainments 'Ents' Committee, Charities Campaign, [[University of St Andrews Union Debating Society|Union Debating Society]], STAR (St Andrews Radio), Mermaids Performing Arts Fund, Design Team, SVS (Student Voluntary Service), the Music Fund (prev. Music is Love), On the Rocks (an annual arts festival), Societies  Committee, and the Postgraduate Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourunion.net/activities/subcommittees/|title=Subcommittees|website=Your Union|access-date=18 June 2019|archive-date=27 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027082922/https://www.yourunion.net/activities/subcommittees/|url-status=live}}</ref> Every matriculated student is automatically a member of each subcommittee.

The Students' Association Building (informally known as ''the Union'') is located on St Mary's Place, St Andrews. Facilities include three bars (Main, Beacon, and Sandy's) and the university's Student Support Services. In 2013 the Students' Association Building underwent a refurbishment.<ref name="Union redevelopment given green light">{{Cite web|title=Union redevelopment given green light|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/09/union-redevelopment-given-green-light/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=2 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202212623/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/09/union-redevelopment-given-green-light/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Students' Association is affiliated to, and a founding member of, the [[Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland]] but unlike many other students' unions in the UK is not a member of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]], having most recently rejected membership in a referendum in November 2012.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

===Societies===
[[File:University buildings - geograph.org.uk - 586036.jpg|thumb|[[Younger Hall]]]]
St Andrews is home to over 200 student societies which cover a wide range of interests.<ref name="Societies list">{{Cite web|title=Societies list|url=https://www.yourunion.net/activities/societies/|access-date=17 March 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110095616/http://societies.yourunion.net/action/welcome|archive-date=10 January 2013}}</ref>

The oldest student society in St Andrews is the University of St Andrews Celtic Society, which has run continuously without mergers since 1796.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Celtic|url=https://www.yourunion.net/activities/society/celtic/|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.yourunion.net|language=en-GB}}</ref> It promotes Scottish culture to students of the university and the wider community. Currently, it does this through [[Scottish country dance|Scottish Country Dance]] and [[Scottish Gaelic]] Language Classes. Its Scottish Country Dance activities are affiliated with the [[Royal Scottish Country Dance Society|Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS)]].

All matriculated students are members of the "[[University of St Andrews Union Debating Society|Union Debating Society]]", a [[Debating society|student debating society]] that holds weekly public debates in Lower Parliament Hall, often hosts notable speakers, and participates in competitive debating in both national and international competitions. Its origins go back to the 1794 founding of the Literary Society. However its current form only dates back to the 1890 merger with the Classical Society. Since its roots can be traced back to 1794, it claims to be the oldest continuously run student debating society in the world.<ref name="Union debating about us">{{Cite web|title=Union debating about us|url=http://standrewsdebates.org/the-society/history/|access-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019190619/http://standrewsdebates.org/the-society/history/|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

There is a strong tradition of student media at St Andrews. The university's two newspapers are ''[[The Saint (UK student newspaper)|The Saint]]'', a fortnightly publication, and ''The Stand'', an online publication founded in 2011.<ref name="Stand News">{{Cite web|title=Stand News|url=http://www.stand-news.co.uk/about-us|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421102146/http://www.stand-news.co.uk/about-us|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2013|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> There is also the ''Foreign Affairs Review'' ran by the Foreign Affairs Society<ref name="Foreign Affairs Review">{{Cite web|title=Foreign Affairs Review|url=http://www.foreignaffairsreview.co.uk/|access-date=22 August 2013|archive-date=22 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722200612/http://foreignaffairsreview.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first legal publication in town – the ''St Andrews Law Review -'' was launched in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} St Andrews Law Review|url=https://www.standrewslawreview.com/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=StAndrews Law Review|language=en|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714145548/https://www.standrewslawreview.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> There are also a number of smaller student publications including ''The Wynd'', a student-run magazine,<ref name="The Tribe, about">{{Cite web|title=The Wynd – About|url=https://www.thewynd.co.uk/about|access-date=9 March 2020|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414181349/https://www.thewynd.co.uk/about|url-status=live}}</ref> ''ST.ART'', a student-run arts magazine founded in 2011 <ref>{{Cite web|title=ST.ART MAGAZINE|url=https://start-magazine.squarespace.com/|language=en-GB|access-date=2 October 2023|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024180158/https://start-magazine.squarespace.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''The Regulus'', a student magazine focusing on politics and current affairs.<ref name="About – The Regulus">{{Cite web|title=About – The Regulus|url=http://www.theregulus.co.uk/about/|access-date=4 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202215747/http://www.theregulus.co.uk/about/|archive-date=2 February 2013}}</ref> In addition to this there are several student-led academic journals, most notably, ''Stereoscope Magazine'' which is focused on student photography and raising awareness of the university's historic photographic collection,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/stereoscope/|title=Stereoscope|publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=5 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620100436/http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/stereoscope/|archive-date=20 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Ha@sta'', an annual journal for those interested in art history,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/haasta/index.html |title=Haasta |publisher=University of St Andrews |date=27 November 2010 |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507094917/http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/haasta/index.html |archive-date=7 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Aporia'', the journal of the Philosophy Society,<ref name=Aporia>{{Cite web|title='Aporia' Undergraduate Journal|publisher=St Andrews PhilSoc|url=https://sites.google.com/site/standrewsphilsoc/journal-aporia|archive-date=12 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512092147/https://sites.google.com/site/standrewsphilsoc/journal-aporia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Home page|publisher=Aporia| url=https://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/aporia | access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref> and the ''Postgraduate Journal of Art History and Museum Studies''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/journal/ |title=Journal of Art History & Museum and Gallery Studies |publisher=University of St Andrews |date=10 January 2011 |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423064212/http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/journal/ |archive-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The university's radio station is ''STAR: St Andrews Radio'', an online station that broadcasts 24/7 during term time.<ref name="STAR radio">{{Cite web |title=STAR: St Andrews Radio |url=http://www.standrewsradio.com/ |access-date=4 January 2013 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127001818/http://www.standrewsradio.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Scoot Around'' is a literary-cultural magazine based in St Andrews with contributors from universities around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoot-around.com/|title=Scoot Around &#124; Student Literary – Cultural Magazine|website=www.scoot-around.com|access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803180800/http://scoot-around.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>''The Sinner'' is an independent website and discussion forum set up by students of the university.<ref name="The sinner">{{Cite web|title=The sinner|url=http://www.thesinner.net/|access-date=4 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113055037/http://www.thesinner.net/|archive-date=13 January 2013}}</ref>

[[File:St Mary's Quad, St Andrews - geograph.org.uk - 5484398.jpg|thumb|Quadrangle of St Mary's College]]
The university's Music Society comprises many student-run musical groups, including the university's flagship symphony orchestra, wind band, and chorus. One of the oldest choirs in the university is the St Andrews University Madrigal Group, which performs a concert each term and has an annual summer tour. The [[A cappella|A Cappella]] Society represents all four a cappella groups at St Andrews: [[The Other Guys (University of St Andrews)|The Other Guys]], [[The Alleycats (University of St Andrews)|The Alleycats]], [[List of collegiate a cappella groups in the UK#The Accidentals|The Accidentals]] and [[List of collegiate a cappella groups in the UK#The Hummingbirds|The Hummingbirds]]. From 2009 to 2011, all four of these groups participated in [[The Voice Festival UK]](VF-UK) competition, and The Other Guys, The Accidentals, and The Alleycats all reached the London final.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Martin |last=McCaffery |url=http://www.yourunion.net/societies/societieslist/ |title=St Andrews Students' Union- The home for University of St Andrews students |publisher=Yourunion.net |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-date=16 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216015955/http://www.yourunion.net/societies/societieslist |url-status=live }}</ref>

Student theatre at the University of St Andrews is funded by the Mermaids Performing Arts fund. There are regular dramatic and comedic performances staged at the Barron at the Byre Theatre and the Union StAge.<ref name="Mermaids about us">{{Cite web|title=Mermaids about us|url=http://mermaidstheatre.com/about/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=29 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829090157/http://mermaidstheatre.com/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> Blind Mirth is the university's [[Improvisational theatre|improvisational theatre troupe]], which performs weekly in the town, and annually takes a production to the [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival]].<ref name="Blind Mirth">{{Cite web|title=Blind Mirth|url=http://blindmirth.co.uk/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421202900/http://blindmirth.co.uk/|archive-date=21 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Kate Kennedy Club plays a significant role in the life of the university, maintaining university traditions such as the Kate Kennedy Procession, in which students parade through the town dressed as eminent figures from the university's history, and organising social events such as the Opening and May balls. Founded in 1926, the club is composed of around thirty matriculated students, who are selected by the club's members. The club has received criticism from the university's former principal, Louise Richardson, and alumna the [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|Duchess of Rothesay]], over its previously male-only admission policy.<ref name="What next for the Kate Kennedy tradition in St Andrews?">{{Cite web|title=What next for the Kate Kennedy tradition in St Andrews?|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/03/what-next-for-the-kate-kennedy-tradition-in-st-andrews/|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=2 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202212615/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/03/what-next-for-the-kate-kennedy-tradition-in-st-andrews/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="University club splinters">{{Cite news|title=University club splinters|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9095871/Victory-for-Kate-Middleton-as-men-only-university-club-splinters.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9095871/Victory-for-Kate-Middleton-as-men-only-university-club-splinters.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 January 2013 | location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first1=Victoria|last1=Ward|first2=Olivia|last2=Bolton|date=22 February 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2012, the club decided to allow female students to join.<ref name="Breaking News: Kate Kennedy Club votes to admit women">{{Cite web|title=Breaking News: Kate Kennedy Club votes to admit women|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/03/breaking-news-kate-kennedy-club-votes-to-admit-women/|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152804/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/03/breaking-news-kate-kennedy-club-votes-to-admit-women/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="The stand KKC">{{Cite news|title=Kate Kennedy Club to admit women|url=http://www.stand-news.co.uk/kkc-to-admit-women/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707052909/http://www.stand-news.co.uk/kkc-to-admit-women/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2013|access-date=24 May 2013|newspaper=The Stand|date=22 March 2012}}</ref>

St Andrews is home to several other private clubs, such as [[The Kensington Club]], founded in 1739 by Alexander Laird Balgonie and is an all-male dining club that organises private events for members.<ref name="The Kensington Club&nbsp;— A Brief History 1739 2010">{{Cite web|title=The Kensington Club&nbsp;— A Brief History 1739 2010|url=https://archive.org/details/TheKensingtonClubABriefHistory17392010|access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="More Andreanic Fun">{{Cite web|title=More Andreanic Fun|date=26 July 2004|url=http://www.andrewcusack.com/2004/more-andreanic-fun/|access-date=26 July 2004|archive-date=24 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224174658/http://www.andrewcusack.com/2004/more-andreanic-fun/|url-status=live}}</ref> The St Andrews Fight Club hosts an annual boxing match, training 20 amateur boxers in an intensive course.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2017/10/welcome-st-andrews-fight-club/|title=Welcome to the St Andrews Fight Club|last=Saint|first=The|date=7 October 2017|website=The Saint|language=en-US|access-date=30 December 2019|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230142203/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2017/10/welcome-st-andrews-fight-club/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thestand-online.com/2018/04/14/lets-talk-fight-club/|title=Let's Talk About Fight Club|date=14 April 2018|website=The Stand|language=en-US|access-date=30 December 2019|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815042143/https://thestand-online.com/2018/04/14/lets-talk-fight-club/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sports clubs and the Athletic Union===
{{Main|University of St Andrews Athletic Union}}
[[File:Madras RFC Playing Fields St Andrews - geograph.org.uk - 17125.jpg|thumb|Madras RFC Playing Fields St Andrews]]
The University of St Andrews Athletic Union is the student representative body for sport. Established in 1901, it is affiliated to [[British Universities and Colleges Sport|BUCS]] and encompasses around sixty sports clubs,<ref name="sports clubs">{{Cite web|title=All Sports Clubs|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/clubs/sportsclubs/|publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=20 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609195542/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/clubs/sportsclubs/|archive-date=9 June 2013}}</ref> who compete at both a recreational and high-performance level.<ref name="saints sport">{{Cite web|title=Saint Sport|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=18 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218233727/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/|url-status=live}}</ref> A notable club is the [[University of St Andrews Rugby Football Club]], which played a pivotal role in shaping the sport and has produced Scottish international players such as [[J. S. Thomson]] and [[Alfred Clunies-Ross]].<ref name="Club history">{{Cite web|title=Club History|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/universityofstandrews/a/history-8900.html|access-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106213630/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/universityofstandrews/a/history-8900.html|archive-date=6 November 2012}}</ref>

In 2015, the university underwent a £14 million five-phase development of the student sports centre which included a new 400-seat eight-court sports hall, a new reception area and expanded gym facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/st-andrews-principal-kicks-off-latest-stage-of-14m-sports-redevelopment-1-3682426 |title=St Andrews principal kicks off latest stage of £14m sports redevelopment |work=Fife Today |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-date=3 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703082558/http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/st-andrews-principal-kicks-off-latest-stage-of-14m-sports-redevelopment-1-3682426 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[The Scottish Varsity]], also known as the 'world's oldest varsity match', is played annually against the [[Edinburgh University RFC|University of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13214474.World_s_oldest_varsity_match_returns_to_Scotland/|title=World's oldest varsity match returns to Scotland|work=Herald Scotland|date=19 May 2015|access-date=7 December 2015|archive-date=11 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211005733/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13214474.World_s_oldest_varsity_match_returns_to_Scotland/|url-status=live}}</ref>