What happens at the Ceremony
A Master of Ceremonies will take to the stage to welcome everyone to the Awards Ceremony and run through any housekeeping.
The Procession Party of Academic Staff will make its way through the Ceremony Hall. The Platform Party will then process into the Ceremony Hall, guided by a mace bearer, before taking their seats on stage.
An esteemed member of the Platform Party, such as the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor, will deliver an opening address. Graduands will be called forward, and your name will be announced, signalling it’s time to cross the stage and doff your hat to the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor and Dean of School.
All students will be photographed as they cross the stage and doff their cap. Your on-stage photos will be available to view and purchase after your ceremony via email. You are also able to visit one of Graduation Attire's photo kiosks to have your on-stage photo printed on the day.
We will also be teaming up with Stage Clip, who will be filming your big moment and will create a personalised video clip of you crossing the stage. These will be available after the ceremonies, directly from Stage Clip.
Once all graduates have the crossed the stage, a Vote of Thanks will be delivered by a graduating student. Some ceremonies will also see an honorary award bestowed. The ceremony will finish with the closing remarks from the Dean of School.
Award Ceremonies are an important and formal occasion, but they are a celebration so please clap, cheer and whoop for your friends. Guests are welcome to bring their cameras to capture your special moment during the ceremony, but we do ask that they make sure they are not obscuring the view of other guests.
The ceremony will be live streamed on the University's Facebook page. You are not permitted to hire your own video company to film the ceremony on your behalf.
Once the ceremony is over, graduates will be led through a guard of honour out of the ceremony.
Please note that the ceremonies are conducted in English with British Sign Language interpretation.
Photography
You can select your photography packages with Graduation Attire during the main booking process. If you have not pre-booked, you are still able to book photography on the day by visiting the Graduation Attire photography team in the LRV.
Photos will be finalised by the editor and will be sent out up to six to eight weeks after your ceremony. Digital-only images will be sent to you via email with a download link. You will be emailed an additional link to reorder prints of all poses that were taken on the day either physically or digitally.
Refreshments
There will be complimentary refreshments available to celebrate with your fellow graduates and guests.
Merchandise
You’ve got the degree, now buy the t-shirt. We’ve teamed up with the brilliant Campus Clothing to provide an exclusive range of branded Official Graduation Clothing & Gifts. From luxury hoodies and t-shirts with a graduate’s names printed on the back, to graduation bears, mugs, and pin badges. Choose something special to keep as a memento of your graduation – and add extra personalisation so your name stands out from the crowd.
Visit the Campus Clothing stall at your graduation ceremony, where a selection of graduation merchandise will be available to purchase and take away. All stock will be available on a first come, first served basis. You can also place orders for items that you would like personalised at the event.
Alternatively, browse the full range of Graduation Clothing & Gifts at Campus Clothing and order personalised graduation merchandise online for home delivery.