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		<title>Council gives the go-ahead for University New College project</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/council-gives-the-go-ahead-for-university-new-college-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Major plans by the University of St Andrews to redevelop one of the most significant sites in the town have been given the green light. Today (Wednesday 14 January 2026) Fife Council approved a £142 million plan to renovate the former Madras College school building in South Street and construct new buildings on the site. Once &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/council-gives-the-go-ahead-for-university-new-college-project/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council gives the go-ahead for University New College project"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Grange &#8216;university village&#8217; completed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The University has completed its new affordable and sustainable housing development for postgraduate students and staff at the Grange, on the outskirts of St Andrews. Working in partnership with Kingdom Initiatives for the first time, the new ‘university village’ is a pioneering project offering much-needed affordable housing for postgraduate students and university staff, helping to &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/11/grange-university-village-completed/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Grange &#8216;university village&#8217; completed"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rector Stella Maris sacked by University Court</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/08/rector-stella-maris-sacked-by-university-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 20:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[St Andrews University Rector, Stella Maris has been dismissed as President of the University Court. Chair of the University Court, Mr Ray Penman, announced the decision via an email sent to both students and University Staff on the 1st August. In the email Mr Penman stated: “The Rector has been discharged because she has repeatedly &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/08/rector-stella-maris-sacked-by-university-court/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Rector Stella Maris sacked by University Court"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NHS Fife and Fife College to form a New Partnersip</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/nhs-fife-and-fife-college-to-form-a-new-partnersip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 11:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of a partnership agreement between NHS Fife and St Andrews University to train medical students in Fife, comes an agreement between  NHS Fife and Fife College to improve education and training opportunities for people in Fife and enable much greater collaboration between the two institutions. The new formal five-year partnership was &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/nhs-fife-and-fife-college-to-form-a-new-partnersip/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "NHS Fife and Fife College to form a New Partnersip"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rising Absenteeism in Fife Schools</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/rising-absenteeism-in-fife-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 15:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A report presented to the Fife’s Education Scrutiny Committee earlier this month showed that Fife was below the national average for school attendance at both primary and secondary level, although not by much. As of March 20th this year, school attendance in Fife was 92.1 per cent for primary and 85.6 per cent for secondary, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/rising-absenteeism-in-fife-schools/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Rising Absenteeism in Fife Schools"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>St Andrews medical students now able to complete their training in Fife</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/st-andrews-medical-students-now-able-to-complete-their-training-in-fife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 18:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Picture: Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE (left), Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of St Andrews, and NHS Fife Chief Executive Carol Potter sign the Memorandum of Understanding A major new partnership between the University of St Andrews and NHS Fife will benefit patient care and medical research in the Kingdom of Fife, while boosting Scotland’s overall training provision &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/st-andrews-medical-students-now-able-to-complete-their-training-in-fife/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "St Andrews medical students now able to complete their training in Fife"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>University hopes to build 700 bedroom student residence in St Andrews</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/05/university-hopes-to-build-700-bedroom-student-residence-in-st-andrews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 13:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The University of St Andrews is to press ahead with plans to provide an extra 700 student beds in town to help take the pressure off the private rental market. Working with its partner Campus Living Villages (CLV), the University is re-submitting multi-million-pound plans for a major new student residence on the site of Albany Park, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/05/university-hopes-to-build-700-bedroom-student-residence-in-st-andrews/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "University hopes to build 700 bedroom student residence in St Andrews"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Architects appointed to design St Andrews University&#8217;s New College</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/architects-appointed-to-design-st-andrews-universitys-new-college/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2022 20:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The University of St Andrews has appointed award winning architects WilkinsonEyre to produce designs for its flagship New College project on the site of the distinctive Madras College school in the historic centre of St Andrews. The former secondary school building and grounds on South Street were acquired from Fife Council by the University in &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/architects-appointed-to-design-st-andrews-universitys-new-college/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Architects appointed to design St Andrews University&#8217;s New College"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Review of HMO Overprovision Policy in St Andrews &#8211; have your say!</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/review-of-overprovision-policy-in-st-andrews-have-your-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 22:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In April 2019, councillors on the Communities and Housing Services Committee voted to  implement the Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Overprovision Policy within St Andrews, the aim of which was to prevent any increase in the number of HMOs in in the town, i.e. zero growth, with immediate effect. The Council now wishes to review &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/review-of-overprovision-policy-in-st-andrews-have-your-say/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Review of HMO Overprovision Policy in St Andrews &#8211; have your say!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Plans for Kilrymont site approved in principle</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/plans-for-kilrymont-site-approved-in-principle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 22:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Councillors on Fife Council&#8217;s North East Planning Committee unanimously agreed the application from Glasgow-based Scotsman Developments for a mixed-use development at the Kilrymont Road site, previously occupied by Madras College. The approval is &#8216;in principle&#8217; and more detailed plans will now have to come forward for approval. Plans include 160 homes and student accommodation  leisure facilities, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/plans-for-kilrymont-site-approved-in-principle/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Plans for Kilrymont site approved in principle"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>First St Andrews medical graduates in over 50 years</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/06/first-st-andrews-medical-graduates-in-over-50-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 13:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The first medical students to graduate at the University of St Andrews in over 50 years received their degrees earlier this month (June) in the Younger Hall as part of a bumper three weeks of graduation celebrations. A total of 44 students from ScotGEM, Scotland’s first graduate entry medical programme designed to develop doctors interested in &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/06/first-st-andrews-medical-graduates-in-over-50-years/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "First St Andrews medical graduates in over 50 years"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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