The Saint

and run by students at the University of St Andrews, Scotl and financial independence. The staff consists of full-time students. The Saint publishes ten issues per academic year, aiming primarily to inform and engage with our fellow students. This is the online edition of the paper, with additional content such as blogs and multimedia. The website... has seen several iterations since The Saint first went online in 1999, and the website in its current form has existed since mid-2020. The design of the site has always been created by students at the University, allowing students another opportunity to get involved. Our policy on reporting sensitive stories is published and print articles. The Saint as we know it dates back to 1984, when it was published under the name The Chronicle. In 1997 it was decided to re-br and the paper as The Saint. The first editor of The Saint was Tim Samuels, now a BBC journalist, presenter and its writers went on to win several awards, including Student Newspaper of the Year from The Herald (1998, 2004) and Students Association. These relations have occasionally been stormy, particularly in 2004, when the Students Association evicted The Saint from its office in the Union building for remarks made in an editorial about Welsh people being worthy of suspicion for evil doings since they spawned the caterwauling Charlotte Church. and to open up to a more diverse student audience. As a result, the paper has become less of a tabloid in its style and supplementary content, as well as allowing the organisation to make use of social media. The Saint no longer has the media monopoly it once held in St Andrews. That challenge has spurred the journalists among us to aim to produce a consistently honest and worthy output of news, features and reviews for the St Andrews community.Read More