Student Life
The posts in this section explore how life has changed for women studying History at St Andrews over the last 120 years. Our section on ‘Teaching and Curriculum‘ deals with what was taught, whereas this section is more about the student experience.
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Sue Hill remembers medieval history… with cucumber sandwiches
In the 1970s it was a truth universally acknowledged that most people from Dumfries Academy – my secondary school – went on to Glasgow University to study. I might very well have done the same (writes Sue Hill, MA 1982) had it not been for my English teacher (the poet Tom Pow) who told me…
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Valerie Torgerson
Valerie Torgerson Waddelove graduated from St Andrews with an MA in Medieval History in 1970. This is an edited extract from her contribution to the Alumni Chronicle in 2020. How can it possibly be 50 years since I graduated? That sunny day is so vivid in my memories – I can still feel the elation,…
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Barbara Crawford
Barbara Crawford lectured in the Department of Medieval History from 1971 until 2001. She had previously been both an undergraduate and postgraduate student at St Andrews, and was the first long-term woman staff member to have a PhD. The following account of her time as a student and researcher at St Andrews was drawn from…
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Day in the Life of a Woman Historian: 1960s
What was it like to be a woman student of History at St Andrews in the 1960s? Taking inspiration from popular modern day ‘Day in the Life’ blog posts and YouTube videos, a group of current undergraduates explored personal papers, University Calendars, photographs, and records from the University’s Special Collections, to try to bring to life…
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Day in the Life of a Woman Historian: Today
What is it like to be a woman student of History at St Andrews in the 2020s? Taking inspiration from popular modern day ‘Day in the Life’ blog posts and YouTube videos, a group of current undergraduates has been exploring the experiences of past women History undergraduates at St Andrews. Here, a current History student…
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Day in the Life of a Woman Historian: 1980s
What was it like to be a woman student of History at St Andrews in the 1980s? Taking inspiration from popular modern day ‘Day in the Life’ blog posts and YouTube videos, a group of current undergraduates explored personal papers, University Calendars, photographs, and records from the University’s Special Collections, to try to bring to…
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Day in the Life of a Woman Historian: 1930s
What was it like to be a woman student of History at St Andrews in the 1930s? Taking inspiration from popular modern day ‘Day in the Life’ blog posts and YouTube videos, a group of current undergraduates explored personal papers, University Calendars, photographs, and records from the University’s Special Collections, to try to bring to…