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The Agnes Savill Club holds regular talks, activities and social events for alumni, current and retired members of University staff, and graduates of other higher education institutions.

The Club meets in St Andrews monthly with speakers during the academic year, and for book/poetry/bridge/walking groups. There are also other outings and a summer supper party.

Contact: Dr Angela Montford (President)

Email: angelamontford2@gmail.com

Syllabus and membership card for 2023/24 (PDF)

Agnes Savill Club Lectures: 2023-24 season

2023

11 Oct - Professor Sabine Hyland   Hidden Khipus of the Andes

For twenty years, Prof Hyland has collaborated with elders in remote Andean villages to discover new insights into how native Peruvians communicated through coloured cords known as "khipus". Her research has uncovered isolated communities where khipus -- thought to have been wiped out during the European invasion in the 1500s -- were used within living memory. The talk explores the secretive traditions surviving in forgotten mountain villages, and what they can tell us about the Inca khipus of ancient Peru.

8 Nov - Ruary Mackenzie Dodds Dragonflies from Scratch

Dragonflies are a key indicator of the health of water spaces but numbers are seriously endangered. Ruary Mackenzie Dodds, a member of the Linnean Society, takes his listeners back to basics on the amazing life-cycle of these insects and describes their extraordinary behaviour and capabilities as larvae and as adults. He explains the astonishing way in which their larvae feed, and demonstrates the phenomenal way in which the adults fly, outlines their preferred habitats and touches on likely species to be observed locally.

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2024

10 January - Joanna Petrie Big Noise: Dundee

Originating in Venezuela, Sistema Scotland targets and works with some of Scotland’s most challenged communities. Through their Big Noise programme which started in Raploch (Stirling) in April 2008, it aims to inspire local children to participate in music and there are now five Big Noise centres. Local musician and viola player Joanna Petrie left her post as music teacher at Dundee High over a year ago to become involved with the Big Noise Project in Douglas, which was established In 2017 and currently engages with more than 500 local children.

14 February - Dr David Munro (RSGS)   South with Shackleton

David Munro, a former director of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, follows in the footsteps of the noted polar explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton, who was a previous director of the Society. Drawing on historic images and on experiences during several expeditions to Antarctica, Dr Munro tells the story of an explorer with whom he also has family connections.

13 March - Claire Dalby RWS, RE On Being a Botanical Illustrator

Claire Dalby, born in 黑料吃瓜网, Is a botanical illustrator of international renown whose work has been exhibited at home and abroad and is now in many collections such as the Fitzwilliam, the Ashmolean, Science Natural History Museums, the V & A (and this President’s sitting room). Until Covid intervened she taught Botanical Illustration classes at Edinburgh and then at 黑料吃瓜网 Botanic Garden. She will tell us about her artistic life and career.

10 April - Dr Bess Rhodes (黑料吃瓜网) Sex, Lies and Religious Change: the divorce of Elizabeth Geddy in 16^thc. 黑料吃瓜网

In Feb 1560 William Ranton, a citizen of 黑料吃瓜网 claimed his wife Elizabeth Geddy was an adulteress who was trying to murder him. He took his complaint to the newly established kirk session at Holy Trinity Church in 黑料吃瓜网 - so commencing what was probably Scotland's first Protestant divorce case. The truth of the matter proved complex to ascertain, and during their investigation the kirk session elders uncovered a complex story of domestic violence, inquisitive neighbours and female friendship, which they recorded in detail - providing a remarkable insight into the beliefs and behaviours of the residents of 黑料吃瓜网 in a time of religious and political turmoil.
The Association is open to all former students and staff of the University as well as their friends and families. The Association aims to organise social events, forge a permanent link between alumni and current members of the university community and to promote the University of St Andrews among LGBT communities worldwide.

You do not need to have been a member of the student LGBT Society while at university.

Email: standrewslgbtalumni@googlemail.com
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Sports and leisure

The Men's Football Club Alumni are an active group that meet regularly and attend the Alumni Festival each year in strong numbers. We play competitively together, with an 11-a-side team in a London-based midweek league, comprised solely of club alumni.

The Club are keen to connect with as many past football club members as possible.

Contact: Oliver Gill

Email: usamfcalumni@gmail.com
Phone: +44(0)7800 787286
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The 黑料吃瓜网 Graduates Golf Club, or STAGS GC, meet annually to play a stableford round at the club to which the Captain for that year belongs - the winner on the day becomes the proud holder of our 'Auld Jug'- our captain for the following year is also usually elected by past captains present.

Competition is friendly and the golf is usually accompanied by a pre-round lunch and post-round drinks.

New members - of any golfing standard - are always most welcome and membership is free.

Contact: Stephen Smith

Email: Stevie3266@gmail.com

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