Resources

If you are interested in exploring the themes or individuals touched upon in this project, you may find the following resources useful:

• Dig deeper into the history of the University of St Andrews, its staff and students
• Compare the St Andrews report with those produced by other UK/Ireland universities
• The datasets and working papers produced by this project are also available

History of the University of St Andrews

Reid, Norman H. Ever to Excel: An Illustrated History of the University of St Andrews. Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

Cant, Ronald G. The University of St Andrews: A Short History. University of St Andrews Library, 1992.

Archival records

Biographical Register of the University of St Andrews, 1579-1897 [a online searchable register of students, professors and others associated with the University]

The Minutes of the Senatus Academicus (UYUY452) [scanned page-images of the minute books of the University senate, from 1696 onwards]

Minute books of the St Andrews Literary and Philosophical Society (UYUY8525) [scanned page-images of the minute books, 1838-1916]

Related Reports from other Universities in UK and Ireland

(as of August 2025)

• University of Aberdeen (2024): The University of Aberdeen and the Legacies of Slavery
• University of Bristol (2022): Our History and the Legacies of Slavery
• University of Cambridge (2022): Advisory Group on Legacies of Enslavement
  Final Report [and also reports from various colleges, including Jesus and Gonville & Caius]
• University of Dundee (2022): Founders Project Final Report
• Trinity College Dublin (2022): Trinity’s Colonial Legacies Project: draft audit and summary
• University of Edinburgh (2025): Decolonised Transformations: Confronting the University of Edinburgh’s History and Legacies of Enslavement and Colonialism
• University of Glasgow (2018): Slavery, Abolition and the University of Glasgow
• University of Kent (2015): Hidden History: Philanthropy at the University of Kent
• University College London (2020): Inquiry into the History of Eugenics at UCL
• University of Manchester (2022): The University of Manchester and its early benefactors
• University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University (2024): Nottingham’s Universities and Historical Slavery
• University of Oxford: [reports from various colleges, including Balliol and Exeter]
• University of Strathclyde (2023): University of Strathclyde and Historical Links to Slavery