Sophie Rose Jenkins Image credit: St Andrews Charity Fashion Show If you meet a university student in the wild, you’ll meet the topic of money sooner rather than later - they’ve probably gone into their overdraft just greeting you. Money talks, but in St Andrews it shouts. And with tabloid headlines often putting the words ‘St Andrews’ and ‘billionaire’ in the same breath, it’s easy to assume these “broke student” stereotypes don’t exist in the bubble. In Candlemas especially

On a misty November evening in the Swilcan Suite Ballroom of Hotel du Vin, students in black tie shuffled chips across green felt tables. The semesterly black tie event for the Global Investment Group— known on campus simply as GIG — had returned in the form of a casino night. It was a social event, but the undercurrent was unmistakably serious: these were students who, between lectures and essays, manage a real investment fund, cultivate an alumni network stretching into sen

As March reading week kicked off for St Andrews students, some of us were dropped off in Edinburgh — prepared to embark on a multi-day...