If you're organising an event next semester, campaigning on an issue in the new year or need some advice in the last week of term, remember that the Rector is here to help.

The University Rector, Kevin Dunion, will be in the Main Bar of the Union from 2pm on Wednesday 16th December, so feel free to come and have a chat.

This week's topics included:
- Setting up a student ambulance service
- Chairing a high profile Energy Debate
- Potential charity events for RAG Week
- NGO work in Tanzania
- Oxfam society - to give KD his raffle prize!
- Scarlet Gown Society
- SRC International Students Representative re. semester reform

Check the Events page in the New Year for details of next semester's surgeries.

The Rector, Kevin Dunion, will on Monday be helping students mark the launch of a new community-led initiative to promote the transition to a low-carbon university. Transition Universities is a national student campaign based on the success of the Transition Town movement.

The launch of Transition: St Andrews will be taking place on Monday 7th December at 7pm in Venue 2, on the top floor of the Students' Association, and is being organised by the OneWorld Society. OneWorld would like to invite all students to attend and find out more about this exciting new project.

The Transition Universities initiative has already been successful elsewhere in Scotland - it was announced yesterday that students at Edinburgh University have been awarded £340,000 of government funding to reduce their carbon footprint - so it would be excellent to see similar success in St Andrews.

Full details of the launch event can be found below or at http://tinyurl.com/yzkltre.