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‘The Chips are Down’ – Global Chip/Semi Conductor Crisis Strikes Mid-Pandemic
The IT industry is at a critical stage. Innumerable products and services rely on computer chips, also known as semiconductors. Many...
Pradyun
Feb 4, 2022


The Library Is Closed. And Students Are Fighting Back.
The library is a place with which many of us have a love-hate relationship. The thought of it and what it often stands for – long nights...
Zoe Hemming-Clark
Jan 23, 2022


Covid Life and Student Life: Two Worlds
Gradually, countries around the globe have adjusted their restrictions and opened up travel for vaccinated people. As such, the vaccine...
Madeline
Nov 10, 2021


Vaccinations Begin for St Andrews Students
In a race against Covid-19 and its fast-spreading variants, the United Kingdom’s vaccination program is proceeding rapidly and throughout...
Asya Wu
May 6, 2021


Co(vid)dependency
I received a playful glare from my flatmates as we passed each other in the street. I knew what I had done wrong: I broke the rules, as...
Alice Lele
May 1, 2021


Does St Andrews Have a Clear Path to Post-Covid Normality?
Although procedures such as this now seem the norm, the effectiveness of the university’s response to dealing with Covid ought to be...
Bea Wilding
Apr 11, 2021


Graduation Is Canceled: Opinion From An Impending Graduate
Just over a week ago, graduating students received an email from the principal of the university announcing that, for the second year in...
Molly Carlough
Mar 14, 2021

Racism Spreads Alongside Coronavirus in St Andrews' Streets
As coronavirus continues to spread, there is a more important virus among us – racism. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Asian...
Nikole Oberta
Mar 14, 2021


Experiencing Two Different University Universes
On February 10th, the Principal announced the University’s decision to continue online teaching for the duration of the 2020/21 academic...
Adam
Mar 7, 2021


St Andrews' Pubs Struggle Mid-Lockdown
Covid- 19 has left the hospitality industry without direction. St Andrews is a small place and most of its pubs and bars are situated in...
Maya Gomez Coultas
Mar 4, 2021

Online Learning Might Be Here to Stay
As Principal Sally Mapstone’s e-mail on February 10th clearly stated, this semester will continue online. Despite our hopes that we could...
Asya Wu
Mar 1, 2021


Vaccine Nationalism Puts Lives At Risk
The UK is currently pushing ahead in its Covid-19 vaccination programme. 600,000 Brits alone received a dose on the 30th of January in...
Katie Brennan
Feb 21, 2021


University Refuses to Communicate Effectively Amidst Covid-19
Our unfortunate reality this semester is that all classes may stay online and the 2021 graduation ceremony could be cancelled. Sally...
Eleni Zervos
Feb 8, 2021


Take a Moment – We’re Living Through a Pandemic After All
Last Monday, I had lunch with a close friend, and we were catching up about our week. We chatted about everything and nothing, just...
Megan Smith
Nov 29, 2020


“Sorry, I was muted” (*Sighs Over Teams*)
In the last few months, almost every student across the country has been subjected to some sense of online learning and has had to adapt...
Ella Crowsley
Nov 24, 2020


Un-Masking the Pandemic
The use of masks provoked unease at the beginning of the pandemic. While some argue that they find the masks uncomfortable, others...
Anezka Ferreira
Nov 21, 2020

Cabin-Fever: COVID-19 & Student Mental Health
Across the UK, as restrictions on socialization have begun to become tighter again, there is a harsh reality that these restrictions are...
Alice Lele
Nov 21, 2020


Is the University Passing the Buck on Sport?
Principal Mapstone has been outspoken in her criticism of students acting ‘against advice’ during this pandemic. When there is a spike it...
Arthur
Nov 15, 2020

Too Casual for Comfort: The Rise of the Sweatpants
For many students, the past few weeks have brought new developments in terms of in-person classes and, with them, a whole new host of...
Anonymous
Nov 7, 2020

Happy Living in Unhappy Times – How to Unlock Hygge as a Student Locked-Down
Whether studying remotely in a different country, attending ‘dual-mode’ classes at St Andrews, or adapting to the ever-changing status of...
Maiah Khin
Nov 5, 2020
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