Editing University of St Andrews (section)

===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}}