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Postgraduate Ball Postgraduate Society
The Postgraduate Society operateswith the support of the University of St Andrews Students’ Association,which exists to serve all students, notmerely the undergraduates; it provides representation, services and entertainment for each and every student of the University.
The Postgraduate Society caters specifically to the postgraduate population. We host awide range of social and academic events,whilst our committee also serves as the voice of postgraduate studentswithin the Association and the University as awhole. Each postgraduate is automatically amember, and can come to events, stand and vote for the committee and enjoy our assistancewhenever needed. Our online home is
atwww.yourunion.net/postgrad
If you are interested in playing a leadership role, there are numerous committee positions available. For example, the Postgraduate President – the President of the Society, and representational figurehead for the postgraduate community – is elected annually, and shortly after the start of the academic year the Committee elects the rest of its officers at its AGM. Yet the Society is not the sine qua non of postgraduate student life. Our postgraduates arewarmly encouraged to join any of the Association’s societies (we are rumoured to have themost of any university in Scotland). Postgraduates frequently take leading roleswithin themtoo.
Our societies range fromthe often-serious Union Debating Society (the oldest and, somemight say, the finest of its kind in theworld) to themore energetic, such as Breakaway Hill Walking Society, or quirky, like DocSoc,whosemembers worship all things DoctorWho. We aimto offer something for everyone, and if there isn’t yet a society covering your passion, why not start one for yourself?
Your Students’ Association recognises the unique experience of the postgraduate, caught between undergraduate life, full-blown academia and themarket place. Accordingly,we seek to provide not only the value-for-money food and drink that youwould expect fromany Union, but also to provide effective and efficient representation for you concerning the matters aboutwhich you feelmost strongly. Please have a look at ourweb pages, and should you have any questions, feel free to get in touchwith any of the sabbaticals or officers.
www.yourunion.net
Postgraduate Society Committee (left to right): Prathees Vigneswaran,Marta Kuźma, David Bean (President), Leonie Schoelen, and Duncan Crowe (Vice-President).
“It’s often said that one of the very best aspects of student life at St Andrews is that, as students, we make our own entertainment. If you’re looking for a big-city scene bustling with nightclubs, St Andrews probably isn’t for you. But we more than make up for it in our imagination, enterprise and commitment to offering one of the most varied social environments anywhere. For postgraduates, the Postgraduate Society is one
of the best places to start. We’ll give you the chance to meet and befriend fellow students from all corners of the globe at our range of social and academic events, as well as a voice to speak on your behalf. We’re especially active during the summer months, with the town quieter and our undergraduate friends away. So if you’re accepted to St Andrews, please get involved
– whether as a leader of your community as part of the Postgraduate Committee, as an organiser with one of our societies or clubs, or simply an enthusiastic participant in our spectacular activities scene. We promise that, what you put in, you’ll take out – with interest.”
David Bean
Postgraduate President 2010-2011
University of St Andrews SRC Committee – 1926-27
© David Bean
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