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Student Life
St Andrews offers awide range of options for relaxation and leisure activities. There are a huge number of student societies and sports clubs available andwe feature here just a selection of what is on offer. The University also has awide range of events happening throughout the year:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/
Student Societies The Students’ Association is responsible for running over 140 different societies, covering every possible interest, for the benefit of the students. Theirwebsite has an A-Z list of all affiliated societies and there is a chance to sign up for any that interest you at the Societies Fayre held during OrientationWeek In September.
www.yourunion.net/societies/
The Association also runs several sub-committees, or ‘super- societies’, ofwhich all students aremembers. They include:
• The Debating Society has competed in the finals of the European Championships and the semi-finals of the World Championships. We also hold aweekly debate on topical issues – often bringing inwell-knownwriters, businesspeople and politicians.
• STAR (or St Andrews Radio) broadcasts online 24/7 aswell as producing podcasts of its best interviews. They have had listeners fromas far away as Argentina and the Cape Verde Islands. They also put on Starfields, the town’s onlymusic festival,which has featured acts such as Hed Kandi, Bodyrox and Utah Saints.
www.standrewsradio.com
• Last year’s Charities Campaign raised over £63,000 for good causes both locally and nationally. St Andrews has a very strong ‘RAG’Week,withmany fundraising events being held across the University.
• The SVS (or St Andrews Voluntary Service) provides opportunities to get involvedwith awide variety of rewarding projects in the local community, offering nationally-recognised certification. Please look out for the annual Volunteering Fair at the start of the academic year.
St Andrews has awell-respected student newspaper, The Saint, which is run independently fromthe Association, butwhich haswonmany national awards and is considered one of the best student newspaper publications in the UK.
Drama Mermaids – the Performing Arts armof the Students’ Association – is the University’s single biggest group. Every student is automatically amember and over 1,300 students actively take part in some capacity. They have their own 60-seat studio theatre, The Barron Theatre,which also has aworkshop andmeeting roomand is home to theMermaids’ props and costume collection.
Mermaids is not a theatre society, it is a fund. Thismeans that they don’t put on shows, you do! Last year therewere over 30 productions, including classic plays such asMuch Ado About Nothing, andMacbeth andmoremodern ones such as Terrorism, The History Boys, and Bent. Some of the productionswent on tour to varied destinations, including Ireland, Paris, Prague and, of course, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Mermaids is also one of the organisers of On The Rocks, a week-long student-run Scottish arts festival, showcasing performance and creative art fromstudents in St Andrews and the rest of Scotland. It includes drama, film,music, poetry, visual art and comedy and is held in over twelve venues across the town, including the Byre Theatre, and the grounds of the Castle.
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