Sustainable Careers Alumni Panel
In April 2025, the University hosted a virtual panel showcasing alumni careers in sustainability, highlighting how following personal values can lead to impactful and fulfilling work. The panel featured Salvatore…
Tag: UNSDG 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
Transnational Island Museologies & Shared Island Stories – School of Art History
In June, the School of Art History hosted the hybrid international conference Transnational Island Museologies, in partnership with the International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM). The event also featured the 47th…
Scotland Beyond Net Zero (SBNZ)
The University is a member of Scotland Beyond Net Zero (SBNZ), a coalition of Scottish universities that aims to drive research collaboration across disciplines, empower communities, and guide policymaking to help…
Living Lab: Botanic Garden
The St Andrews Botanic Garden plays an important role in partnership with the University as a living laboratory. Piloting new programmes in research, education and conservation, the Garden exemplifies how a place-based…
Rastech: Advancing Sustainable Aquaculture in Scotland
Rastech, a Scottish AgriTech SME, is pioneering controlled-environment aquaculture systems that set new standards for sustainable food production. At Eden Campus, Rastech operates a solar-powered demonstration farm…
St Andrews Nature Networks: Restoring Habitats and Building Resilience
Running from October 2023 to March 2025 and funded by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund (£231,183.30), the St Andrews Nature Networks project enhanced biodiversity and ecological resilience across 27…
Scotland’s longest running coastal habitat restoration project
Green Shores at the University of St Andrews is Scotland’s longest-running coastal habitat restoration project, with 25 years of saltmarsh restoration and research. Saltmarshes protect valuable land from coastal…
Briefing to the United Nations on Maritime Security
In May 2023, Dr Ife Okafor-Yarwood of the School of Geography and Sustainable Development gave an expert briefing to the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission’s meeting on Strengthening Peacebuilding and the…
St Andrews Marine Society – engaging students with our blue planet
St Andrews Marine Society (Marine Soc) has run Saturday beach cleans on St Andrews beaches almost every week since it was founded in 2020. Each year the estimated rubbish collected is estimated to be just under 300kg.…
Salt delivery from the Indian Ocean helped end the ice ages
Scientists from the Universities of St Andrews and Cardiff, along with international colleagues, have discovered the source of warm super salty water that rushed up the Atlantic 15,000 years ago, ushering in the end of…