The Carnegie Club St Andrews

The Carnegie Club of St Andrews is a student-run organisation at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.

We are committed to upholding the values of Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie: education, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and peace. 

We align with these values through our shared passion for meaningful discussion about current ethical, political, and societal questions with which we engage through our dinner debates, speaker events, and community outreach initiatives. 

Founded in 2010, the Club hosts a variety of high-profile leaders from all backgrounds and industries around the world, aiming to facilitate discussion on pressing topics and to provide students the opportunity to learn about academic and career development across a diverse range of fields.

Learn

As a student run society, our members are naturally in the learning stage of their life. By fostering debates and encouraging discourse into multi faceted subjects beyond lecture material, the club helps to shape well rounded leaders

Earn

Connecting students with current leaders in business and politics, the club acts as a springboard to develop a career and follow Carnegie’s notion of maximising productivity in the earn stage of our life.

Return

The third and final action in Carnegie’s philosophy of “learn, earn, return” is giving back to community and commit oneself to philanthropy.

 
 

ROLES

  • The President is responsible for Club activities, leadership, and strategic decision-making. They aim to ensure the Club’s aims and objectives are upheld and monitor the smooth running of both internal and external events. Their role is also to maintain the Club’s relationship with the University as well as the Club’s alumni and relevant Carnegie Organizations and Donors.

  • The Vice President assists, advises, and supports the President in leadership and decision-making. Their role is to not only aid the President but also to liaise with the various Heads of operations in the Club such as the Head of Internal and External Events, the Head of Recruitment, and the Head of Sponsorship.

  • The Treasurer takes charge of the Club’s finances and ensures that transparent accounts are kept. They liaise with the Head of Sponsorship and Heads of Events to promote the maintenance and growth of club funding.

  • The Head of Internal Events is responsible for organising discussion dinners over the academic year. They curate dinner debate topics, write the prompts and select readings to inspire discussion. They organise the Christmas dinner, first semester drinks and arrange internal meetings.

  • The Head of External Events is responsible for the organisation of all external events such as speaker events and conferences. They also work in tandem with the Head of Internal Events to organise the Great Debate.

  • The Head of Recruitment is in charge of designing and executing the recruitment process, such as organising the logistics for the recruitment drinks and subsequent events related to application to the Club.

  • The Head of Sponsorship maintains established relationships with sponsors and endeavours to build new partnerships with new sponsors. They work with the Heads of Events to find new sponsorship and foster relations with current and prospective donors.

  • The Head of Charities is responsible for leading and organising the club’s philanthropic activities as well as to present the club’s philanthropic mission to the President and Vice President in the Martinmas Semester of each academic year.

    This role was newly created in 2019.

  • The Chief of Marketing takes charge of all social media platforms and maintains the Club’s presence on said platforms. They are responsible for merchandise and creating and distributing marketing for the Club’s events.

  • The Chief of Communications is in charge of the creation of written materials on behalf of the Club such as the Carnegie Review. They are also responsible for press relations and liaising with donors, alumni and the student body to keep them informed with our projects.

  • The Chief of Transport and Logistics is responsible for booking venues for events and guest speakers as well as said speakers’ transportation. They work closely with both Heads of Events and are in charge of the smooth running of our events.