Despite the UK’s lockdown restrictions lifting on 21st June, UEA have made the decision to postpone graduation – again. The Class of 2021 will be the second cohort to miss out on a graduation ceremony after the Class of 2020 ceremony was postponed as a result of the first lockdown in late March. Soon-to-be graduates…
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No Graduation Ceremony: the wait goes on
According to the late Terry Pratchet, “ritual and ceremony in their due times kept the world under the sky and the stars in their courses.” So what happens, then, if the ‘ceremony’ is postponed? This is a question faced by students not only in the UK, but around the world. David Richardson – University of…
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CCN cancels graduation
In an email to affected students on August 05 2020 the City College Norwich (CCN) stated that this year’s graduation ceremony for higher education students has been cancelled. The ceremonies were due to held on November 14 2020, in the email CCN stated that “due to the government restrictions currently in place for large gatherings,…
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UEA released virtual graduation video online for class of 2019/20
On the 26 March, a campus-wide email announced that there would be no graduation ceremony taking place this summer as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Just over two months later, UEA Vice-Chancellor Prof David Richardson announced that plans were underway to accommodate this year’s finishing students in the graduation ceremony at the end of…
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UEA reschedules summer 2020 graduation ceremonies
The ceremonies for UEA students graduating in summer 2020 has been rescheduled to sometime between 12-30 July 2021. An email from Vice-Chancellor Prof David Richardson stated this year’s graduates will be invited to summer graduation next year, although exact dates haven’t yet been released. As reported by Concrete earlier this year, UEA made a dramatic…
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Celebrating graduation under lockdown: a final-year perspective
The news of a nationwide lockdown threw the next few months up in the air for everyone. For some, the implications for their time at university were questionable, especially for Final Year students like myself. My friends and I, upon hearing the announcement regarding the cancellation of academic teaching and campus events, patiently awaited news…
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Graduation back on after student outcry
UEA’s Vice Chancellor has said graduation ceremonies will take place, a week after he told students they were cancelled. Prof David Richardson previously said: “Our Graduation ceremonies involve thousands of people travelling to campus from across the globe, and as the COVID-19 pandemic develops it would not be appropriate to hold such an event –…
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UEA cancels graduation
UEA has decided to cancel graduation in July later this year owing to the coronavirus pandemic. UEA’s Vice Chancellor Prof David Richardson said he had taken the decision “with great sadness”. The University confirmed the graduation ceremonies have not been postponed but outrightly cancelled, although in an email to students Prof Richardson said “we will…
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Bernard Hill: Titan of acting discusses his career and the world today
I’m sitting on a sofa in UEA Sportspark overlooking a mass of students celebrating graduation. Opposite me is the world-famous actor Bernard Hill. The contrast is stark and it takes me a moment to adjust. Hill is known for roles such as Théoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, the Warden…
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