Registering to graduate?

Bamber19

Do you need to do this at every university? It seems a bit odd, why would anyone not want to graduate?

dmg24

I can't remember having to register as such. We had to reply to confirm that we would be attending graduation and how many guests etc - could it be this?

Bamber19

well, we need to go and register to graduate which encomapsses the above but if you don't do it you don't even graduate "in absentia" so it would seem to be more than just to get numbers correct otherwise anyone who didn't register would still graduate, just not be invited to the ceremony.

kr15snw

Seems common sense really.

They need to get numbers correct so spare tickets can be sold on (to those who want more than the allocated 2).

Not everyone wants to graduate, alot on my course dont. Just due to the cost of it all / alot just cant be bothered.

Bamber19

kr15snw wrote: »

Not everyone wants to graduate, alot on my course dont. Just due to the cost of it all / alot just cant be bothered.

I can understand not wanting to go to the ceremony but what i'm talking about here is not being allowed to graduate at all, i.e you receive no award whatsoever (unless you decide to register again within the next 2 years)

The starting point should surely be "Everyone wants their exit award, and degree certificate but they need to tell us if they want to attend the ceremony" At my uni it appears to be "No-one wants to graduate, they want the last 3/4/5 years to have been completely worthless... unless they tell us otherwise."

dmg24

That is quite odd, and something I have never heard of. The concerning thing is that you will get those who still have no common sense and will end up not graduating (maybe that is the reasoning, final test before they let you out into the big wide world?)!

Gingernutmeg

My uni had something similar, but it was more so that there was a check to ensure that all students had the required number of credits to graduate. Apparently they'd had a few people who'd arranged to graduate, invited family etc and then were 10 or 20 credits short and so couldn't.

whitfreak

I'd imagine that its just for ticketing issues in most cases. However, I suppose things like PhD's have a less defined finishes and places like Oxford have the whole defer for a bit a get given an MA instead. In Durham I knew a couple of people didnt graduate as normal because they were still appealing their exam results (well how they were interpretted, it was the difference between a diploma and an ordinary degree). Back with oxbridge I know that you can take some of their fourth year courses (part III) as a separate qualification however for funding reasons they advise their undergrads not to graduate at the end of the third year (part II) with a BA, and to leave it till later and have a double graduation (or get a masters or something). Most likely is that administators are strange and need telling specifically that you want to graduate.

kr15snw

Surely youll still get the certificate sent to you if you dont attend the ceremony?

Our colleges stance is 'no one wants to come to the ceremony, unless you tell us different'. But even if they dont come, they still get a certificate?

Bamber19

kr15snw wrote: »

Surely youll still get the certificate sent to you if you dont attend the ceremony?

Our colleges stance is 'no one wants to come to the ceremony, unless you tell us different'. But even if they dont come, they still get a certificate?

No, this is what makes it ridiculous, you must register to graduate at the ceremony OR in absentum, and it's made clear in departmental emails that should you fail to register you'd have to wait until the following year (not just the second graduation after resits period) and could not claim to ahve a degree yet. Incredibly nonsensical to me.

I actually asked when I registered what happens if someone fails to register and the lady confirmed the above. I've also mentioned that their starting point of "no-one wants to graduate" is illogical and she agreed but said it's just the way it's done.

It appears to be the same at the other uni's in the city with all 3 websites saying failure to register means you cannot graduate this year at all.