This week’s events

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  1. Climate Fresk

    Climate Fresk

    Do you want to learn more about climate change and how to take action on it? Transition is running a Climate Fresk as part of Sustainability Week, which is a...

  2. Guest Lecture: Homecoming

    Guest Lecture: Homecoming

    Identities and Memory of the Holocaust Survivors and Greece

    This talk examines the complex and layered meanings of "homecoming" for Jews from Greece by tracing a continuum from wartime survival and...

  3. Sustainable Fashion Extravaganza

    Sustainable Fashion Extravaganza

    A showcase of all aspects of sustainable fashion in and around St Andrews

    This showcase event open to everyone presents all the sustainable fashion options in and around St Andrews, kicking off with a talk on the True Cost of Fast...

  4. Careers in sustainability

    Careers in sustainability

    Are you interested in the idea of a career linked to sustainability? Are you wondering if you have the right skills or experiences to follow this path? Are you...

  5. School of Computer Science Seminar

    School of Computer Science Seminar

    Alan Davoust - On AI-generated mis- and disinformation

    Alan Davoust will present On AI-generated mis- and disinformation. Alan Davoust is an associate professor of computer science at Université du Québec en...

  6. Embedding sustainability into the University estate
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    Embedding sustainability into the University estate

    Join the Mathematical Institute for a dynamic session exploring how the University is transforming its estate on the path to a sustainable 2035, and discover...

  7. Climate change: down to earth solutions with special guest Professor Sir Jim Skea
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    Climate change: down to earth solutions with special guest Professor Sir Jim Skea

    Our special guest, Professor Sir Jim Skea, is Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body for assessing the science...

  8. St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar -- Professor David Carpenter (KCL)

    St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar -- Professor David Carpenter (KCL)

    The Harvard law School Magna Carta: its discovery and authentication

    St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar -- Professor David Carpenter (KCL) -- The Harvard law School Magna Carta: its discovery and...

  9. The IPCC in a Changing Climate with special guest IPCC Chair Professor Sir Jim Skea

    The IPCC in a Changing Climate with special guest IPCC Chair Professor Sir Jim Skea

    Hosted by the newly established St Andrews Global Research Centre for Changing Climates, and with special guest IPCC Chair Professor Sir Jim Skea, this event...

  10. Climate Café drop-in

    Climate Café drop-in

    Join us at the Climate Café® in St Andrews during Sustainability Week. This special Climate Café is a drop-in event at Franki's Café at the University...

  11. Genomics for future trees

    Genomics for future trees

    Research seminar as part of the School of Biology's Centre for Biological Diversity (CBD) Seminar series by Professor Richard Buggs (Queen Mary University...

  12. Green Shores Saltmarsh Planting

    Green Shores Saltmarsh Planting

    South Shore Eden Estuary - Free

    Join in helping us to restore saltmarshes on the south shore of the Eden Estuary! Saltmarshes act as buffers to coastal flooding and erosion, are valuable...

  13. Computer Science PGR Seminar

    Computer Science PGR Seminar

    Tom Metcalfe and Berné Nortier

    Tom Metcalfe will present Entangled: A Posthumanist Storytelling Artefact Abstract: This seminar presents a work-in-progress exploring the making of the...

  14. Bike to work and liftshare breakfast

    Bike to work and liftshare breakfast

    Bike to work or carpool with a colleague, neighbour or friend to celebrate Sustainability Week and enjoy a free breakfast at Tindal's Cafe. Cycle to work...

  15. Tree planting event -- Observatory Shelterbelt

    Tree planting event -- Observatory Shelterbelt

    Join Transition St Andrews to diversify this existing woodland by planting a rich understory of native fruiting and flowering trees and shrubs. This will...

  16. Bike to work and liftshare breakfast

    Bike to work and liftshare breakfast

    Rector's Cafe

    Bike to work or carpool with a colleague, neighbour or friend to celebrate Sustainability Week. Join Transition St Andrews at Rector's Café in the Union...

  17. St Andrews Prize for the Environment: 2025-2026 Finalists Presentations

    St Andrews Prize for the Environment: 2025-2026 Finalists Presentations

    Sustainability Week

    Join us during Sustainability Week for the 2025-2026 final of the St Andrews Prize for the Environment. The St Andrews Prize is a major international...

  18. Organ concert by Campbell Watterson Organ Scholars

    Organ concert by Campbell Watterson Organ Scholars

    £5, FREE to Music Centre members

    The talented organ scholars of St Salvator's Chapel perform a lunchtime programme.

  19. SEES Seminar: Dr Emma Tomlinson, Trinity College Dublin

    SEES Seminar: Dr Emma Tomlinson, Trinity College Dublin

    How old are diamonds?

    Please join us online or in Bute Lecture Theatre D, all welcome.

  20. Conversation with our ocean: silent video projection

    Conversation with our ocean: silent video projection

    Art installation by Ogilvie and Page - free

    Elizabeth Ogilvie and Rob Page are known for environmental, ocean-focused art installations, including the Meander commission for Perth's Mill Street....

  21. "Immaterial Evidence": Contemporary Art Exhibition and Performances

    "Immaterial Evidence": Contemporary Art Exhibition and Performances

    Transept-a practising artist's group within the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts-is pleased to announce this year's contemporary...

  22. English Visiting Speaker Seminar: Dr Tom Houlton, University of York

    English Visiting Speaker Seminar: Dr Tom Houlton, University of York

    Cruising the Monument: Funerary Flowers, Queer Ecologies, and the Small Pleasures of Remembrance

    Monuments and memorials mark where terror and counterterror did and do occur. They can also become agents of terror and counterterror themselves, drawn...

  23. Department of Economics Seminar with Dr Felix Schaff, Utrecht University

    Department of Economics Seminar with Dr Felix Schaff, Utrecht University

    Dividing the Spoils: Property Rights and Gender Inequality Before Industrialization

    Abstract: The security of property rights is considered fundamental to economic development, yet most analysis focuses on protection from state expropriation...

  24. St Andrews Prize for the Environment --- Announcement of 2025-2026 Winner

    St Andrews Prize for the Environment --- Announcement of 2025-2026 Winner

    Sustainability Week

    Join us during Sustainability Week for the announcement of the winner of the 2025-2026 of the St Andrews Prize for the Environment. The St Andrews Prize is a...

  25. Lunch & Learn Skill Session -- Intellectual Property in Practice: What It Is, Why It Matters and Who

    Lunch & Learn Skill Session -- Intellectual Property in Practice: What It Is, Why It Matters and Who

    This semester, the Entrepreneurship Centre is hosting Lunch & Learn: Skill Sessions, a two‑part series designed to give students and staff practical,...

  26. Evensong

    Evensong

    A 45-minute service of prayer, both spoken and sung by St Salvator's Chapel Choir. All are warmly invited to this service, regardless of whether you share...

  27. Green Drinks

    Green Drinks

    A social event with lovely people!

    Come along this Sustainability Week to meet like-minded people interested in sustainability, the environment, and other green issues in our St Andrews...

  28. Relaxed Drawing

    Relaxed Drawing

    Drop into the Wardlaw Museum to relax and draw. Find a place in the galleries and take inspiration from great artworks, capture the detail of an ancient...

  29. Sustainability showcase
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    Sustainability showcase

    Discover the diversity of sustainability research taking place across the University of St Andrews. Chaired by Professor Tom Brown, Vice-Principal (Research,...

  30. Sow a wildflower meadow

    Sow a wildflower meadow

    St Katharine's Lodge

    Come along this Sustainability Week and take part in creating a rich space for wildlife and people to enjoy. Join our team of technical professionals in...

  31. Critical mass glow ride

    Critical mass glow ride

    Join Transition St Andrews for a friendly social cycle ride around the streets of St Andrews. We'll go at a relaxed pace and make sure no one is left...

  32. Sustainable Finance Symposium

    Sustainable Finance Symposium

    This event is organised by the Department of Finance and the Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance (CRBF) in collaboration with Scotland Beyond Net Zero...

  33. Sow a wildflower meadow

    Sow a wildflower meadow

    Castlecliffe

    Come along this Sustainability Week and take part in creating a rich space for wildlife and people to enjoy. Our technical professionals team will be...

  34. Beach clean at East Sands

    Beach clean at East Sands

    With an introduction to the Ocean Deep Time Walk

    Join Transitions for a social beach clean on East Sands for Sustainability Week. Starting in front of the Scottish Oceans Institute building we will listen to...

  35. Professionalising Your PhD: STEM
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    Professionalising Your PhD: STEM

    Are you curious about how the skills you develop during your PhD can open doors in a variety of career paths, particularly in the STEM sectors? Whether...

  36. MusicTalks with Timothy Schwarz

    MusicTalks with Timothy Schwarz

    The influence on today's composers of older traditions and compositions - FREE

    Our free music talks highlight a wide variety of musical research.

  37. Professionalising Your PhD: STEM

    Professionalising Your PhD: STEM

    Are you curious about how the skills you develop during your PhD can open doors in a variety of career paths, particularly in the STEM sectors? Whether...

  38. Professionalising Your PhD: STEM
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    Professionalising Your PhD: STEM

    Are you curious about how the skills you develop during your PhD can open doors in a variety of career paths, particularly in the STEM sectors? Whether...

  39. The BIG plant-based taste challenge

    The BIG plant-based taste challenge

    Do you fancy trying something new and delicious? Join Transitions for a tasty adventure into the world of vegan food. From rich, creamy plant‑based milk to...

  40. Corrour X Research Sustainability Partnership
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    Corrour X Research Sustainability Partnership

    Join Charlie Davis from Corrour to hear about how the Corrour X University of St Andrews Research and Sustainability Partnership is creating new opportunities...

  41. Homeric narrative patterns in Plato's Republic

    Homeric narrative patterns in Plato's Republic

    Liz Scharffenberger (Columbia) 

    This is a School of Classics event. For further information please email [email protected]. If you wish to join this event on MS Teams, sign up to our...

  42. Inclusive and sustainable futures for Scotland
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    Inclusive and sustainable futures for Scotland

    Our nation has a track record of global impact in addressing social and environmental problems, being one of the first countries to implement legally binding...

  43. Language as a tool, diplomacy as a system

    Language as a tool, diplomacy as a system

    Rethinking career pathways for modern language graduates

    School of Modern Languages students are invited to this talk by Chih-Hua Ding, Director General of the Taipei Representative office in the UK (Edinburgh...

  44. Corrour X Research Sustainability Partnership
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    Corrour X Research Sustainability Partnership

    Join Charlie Davis from Corrour to hear about how the Corrour X University of St Andrews Research and Sustainability Partnership is creating new opportunities...

  45. Art History Research Lecture -- Seif El Rashidi

    Art History Research Lecture -- Seif El Rashidi

    'Cotton Palaces for Kings and Tourists: Continuities and Revivals in the Egyptian Tentmaking Tradition from the 1880-1980'

    Join us for Seif El Rashidi's Research Lecture on 'Cotton Palaces for Kings and Tourists: Continuities and Revivals in the Egyptian Tentmaking...

  46. Revising Writing Assignments to Discourage Generative AI Abuse

    Revising Writing Assignments to Discourage Generative AI Abuse

    Arts and Humanities

    Please join us for a lecture by Professor Elizabeth Losh (College of William and Mary). It will be followed by an open discussion. Revising Writing Assignments...

  47. Green film and panel discussion: Why not Scotland?

    Green film and panel discussion: Why not Scotland?

    Join Transition St Andrews for a special Sustainability Week screening of SCOTLAND: The Big Picture's feature-length documentary, Why not Scotland?. This...

  48. Scotland Beyond Net Zero: a toolkit for researchers

    Scotland Beyond Net Zero: a toolkit for researchers

    Scotland Beyond Net Zero (SBNZ) has developed a toolkit to help researchers articulate their contribution to sustainability and highlight their added value to...

  49. Department of Economics Brown Bag with Dr Giacomo Cattelan

    Department of Economics Brown Bag with Dr Giacomo Cattelan

    The Interaction of Capital Constraints and Financial Volatility

    Abstract: This paper presents new evidence on how the countercyclicality of excess returns is driven by the interaction between the financial sector's...

  50. Lunchtime concert by Timothy Schwarz and Ben Shute (violins)

    Lunchtime concert by Timothy Schwarz and Ben Shute (violins)

    £5, FREE to Music Centre Members

    The Laidlaw Music Centre is delighted to welcome Timothy Schwarz, Associate Professor and Head of Strings at Rowan University, New Jersey. This lunchtime...