“I was terrified. Yeah, I was absolutely terrified” Annie, a second-year student at the University of St Andrews, recently experienced first-hand the anxiety of new mandatory social media screenings for US visa applications. Her name has been changed to preserve anonymity.  Despite Annie’s impressive overpreparedness through the entire application process and her confidently unproblematic online presence, once her social media handles were written on her DS160 and her documents were handed to...

Following the death of the former University Chancellor, The Right Honourable Lord Campbell of Pittenweem CH CBE PC KC FRSE, in September 2025, the University is now holding elections for the new Chancellor of the University of St Andrews. Nominations for Chancellor opened on 1 December, 2025 and closed on 9 January, 2026, along with voter registration. Voting will occur through 16-22 February, during which time 7,072 St Andrews registered alumni and staff will elect the next ceremonial head...