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I went for a free training cut there. It took THREE hours. Enough said.

Dear Societies (and everyone else for that matter), Last night I was elected as treasurer of the Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council and it has OODLES of money to give away to projects that will benefit the local community. If you have ideas about how you could spend it please let me know. Y...

Obviously anonomisation isn't possible in some cases - presentations and disertations for example. However it is possible in many cases. Having spoken to tutors about this, they are very for anonymisation and believe it will give you a more accurate and unbiased mark which is based upon your particu...

What's good and what's bad?

Whistle Down The Wind
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Byre Theatre

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In the future The University plans to cut the May exam diet from 10 days to 6.

Thoughts?

I fancy afternoon tea at the Ritz so Green Park.

Don't think we publicise elections far enough in advance?

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Essay marking is done on the 20 point scale. However, stuff like maths and physics is first marked out of whatever the number of marks available is, say 50, and then converted to the 20 point scale. Different exams in different years and different departments are converted differently depending on h...

Come to collect your books and money on thursday between 4-5pm at the cloakroom in the foyer of the union.

It's for the medics and will be built within the next few years. The plans are almost done and it's not just hypothetical, it will definately go ahead.

Your Union are putting on a secondhand booksale to help you sell your books and make lots of money. You can also buy other people's books and save lots of money. Drop off your books: 1-2pm Outside the Main Library Mon-Fri in Week 1 Please find out how much your book is worth and the module it is for...

Speak to one of these people (in order of preference):
Eleanor Feltham (Accomodation Advocate)
Steve Savage (Director of Representation)
James Shield (SRC Accomdoation Officer)

They can be found on the middle floor of the Union. If not then ask at the General Office and make an appointment.

Go to the reception in St Salvator's Hall, which is just behind Gonnochy. They will give you your keys. You don't need to contact them beforehand.

http://standrews.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10138795187 As part of the University of St Andrews LGBT Society’s calendar of events in the coming academic year, your committee has decided to arrange a Reading Week trip abroad! The twelfth International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival of Madrid coincides w...

If you ever have any problems with ANYTHING go to Student Support Services who are on the middle floor of 'The Union'. Alternatively you can speak to Steve Savage the Director of Representation (a ex-student who is now on Sabbatical)or Iain Cupples the Student Advocate.

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Although relating to Law Schools this has shown me what wide variation there is in the US even between 4.0 schools.

That's certainly an idea David and it would at least be some help. However, there is still a problem that by making A=17 and not 19 or 20, it isn't just the top grades that end up being translated to less than they should, it's the whole range of grades that get's skewed. The fact that the current t...

I wouldn't say it was "normal" to get a 20. However it is certainly very possible to get over 17. Indeed there are usually half a dozen or so people in a science class who will get over 17 for all of their modules. It's not down to luck or whether you're prof can be bothered handing one out. On the ...

Novium, I just want to be absolutely clear about what you're saying for the case of a science student: St Andrean Scientist goes to 4.0 uni for a year, and gets A grades (A+ can't/won't happen as discussed previously). When he comes back to St Andrews these are converted to 17s (anything higher is p...