All students no matter what uni they are from should have the right to wear a motor board. It is part of the graduation and the ceremony.
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David Buckingham
4 years ago
Absolutely the mortarboard should be part of the graduation dress. I have never understood why the OU does not allow this. We work at least as hard as those from brick unis and the OU should recognise this.
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Marie Morris
4 years ago
We absolutely should be allowed to wear the same as every other uni student!! We have paid our fees or got into debt to study, we have worked just as hard, and we have the same qualifications! Why should this one thing be less than what our peers in brick unis get??
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Debra Thompson
4 years ago
I full agree with this!! I've already been made to feel as though my degree isn't as good as a brick uni degree, this is just another way of making us feel inferior.
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Helen O'Hara
4 years ago
I agree we should have mortar-board hats at graduation, just as others do.
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Chris Howes
4 years ago
Definitely something students graduating should be entitled to!
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Peter Callcut
4 years ago
The idea of the OU is Freedom of choice, So give us yhe Freedom to wear a mortor board/hat
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Tony Penelton
4 years ago
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I graduated in 1992 after brain damage in 1972 followed by 5 hospitals. My Student number is M1748813. Mine was an Arts degree with a Pass in Psychology. I want to get another degree majoring in Music WITH A MORTER BOARD. I have become a published author and a member of the Magic Circle. The OU got my brain limbered up again and the mortar board is a huger incentive. Tony Penelton
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Nicola Bruton
7 years ago
we work just as hard! we should be allowed to wear mortar boards at graduation!!
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Charlotte Brown
8 years ago
I am currently an OU student and I believe it is unfair that I am not allowed the option of wearing a mortar board at on my graduation
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Rachel Demain
9 years ago
It seems a real shame that OU Students can't Graduate with a Mortar Board. It completes the whole look and you have all worked hard, often with life getting in the way. So yes I am right behind you on this one. .
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Tina Gotts
10 years ago
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I think it's disgusting that OU students who, through challenging times, sometimes working full time and studying in every other spare moment, and paying full fees for the privilege, are not allowed to wear the full graduation dress at their ceremonies. This is I feel a display of inequality, it makes you feel your degree which in some cases you have worked harder to achieve is worth less than those gained through attending a university. I think graduates should at least have the choice. The actual wording of the OU is that you are not allowed to wear a mortar board at the ceremony, but may wear one for the photos!!! Reeks of inequality and singling out of OU students when they have to go up to collect their award and are not complete in formal dress. Something needs to change.
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Nick Ward
12 years ago
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having been to one graduation for my BSc with the OU and hopefully very soon going for my MSc it would be nice to be able to wear a Mortarboard as it does just feel like your not quite there without one or the OU isn't good enough which I know is not true but it does give that impression to other people?
All students no matter what uni they are from should have the right to wear a motor board. It is part of the graduation and the ceremony.
Absolutely the mortarboard should be part of the graduation dress. I have never understood why the OU does not allow this. We work at least as hard as those from brick unis and the OU should recognise this.
We absolutely should be allowed to wear the same as every other uni student!! We have paid our fees or got into debt to study, we have worked just as hard, and we have the same qualifications! Why should this one thing be less than what our peers in brick unis get??
I full agree with this!! I've already been made to feel as though my degree isn't as good as a brick uni degree, this is just another way of making us feel inferior.
I agree we should have mortar-board hats at graduation, just as others do.
Definitely something students graduating should be entitled to!
The idea of the OU is Freedom of choice, So give us yhe Freedom to wear a mortor board/hat
I graduated in 1992 after brain damage in 1972 followed by 5 hospitals. My Student number is M1748813. Mine was an Arts degree with a Pass in Psychology. I want to get another degree majoring in Music WITH A MORTER BOARD. I have become a published author and a member of the Magic Circle. The OU got my brain limbered up again and the mortar board is a huger incentive. Tony Penelton
we work just as hard! we should be allowed to wear mortar boards at graduation!!
I am currently an OU student and I believe it is unfair that I am not allowed the option of wearing a mortar board at on my graduation
It seems a real shame that OU Students can't Graduate with a Mortar Board. It completes the whole look and you have all worked hard, often with life getting in the way. So yes I am right behind you on this one. .
I think it's disgusting that OU students who, through challenging times, sometimes working full time and studying in every other spare moment, and paying full fees for the privilege, are not allowed to wear the full graduation dress at their ceremonies. This is I feel a display of inequality, it makes you feel your degree which in some cases you have worked harder to achieve is worth less than those gained through attending a university. I think graduates should at least have the choice. The actual wording of the OU is that you are not allowed to wear a mortar board at the ceremony, but may wear one for the photos!!! Reeks of inequality and singling out of OU students when they have to go up to collect their award and are not complete in formal dress. Something needs to change.
having been to one graduation for my BSc with the OU and hopefully very soon going for my MSc it would be nice to be able to wear a Mortarboard as it does just feel like your not quite there without one or the OU isn't good enough which I know is not true but it does give that impression to other people?