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21 Oct 2025

In Pictures: There’s no place like foam for St Andrews students on Raisin Monday

In Pictures: There’s no place like foam for St Andrews students on Raisin Monday

Hundreds of students at St Andrews University descended on campus for the annual foam party.

First-year students took to St Salvator’s Quad to take part in the messy ceremony for Raisin Monday.

Students got a soaking as part of the famous event inspired by the 600-year-old Scottish university’s “academic families” tradition, which sees older students adopt first-year students as “children” and help guide them in a system of mentoring.

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