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The university just confirmed that we will be allowed to graduate with our subject groups as we originally requested. I am overwhelmed by the support that pushed them to finally listen to us after so many dismissive emails. Thank you for staying firm with me until we achieved this change.

May 2, 2011

PGCE Graduation by subject not surname

PGCE Graduation by subject not surname

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 5 months ago
Concern: We want to graduate with our subject groups! We are disappointed that we will not even, in some cases, see half our subject groups at graduation. We have been told it could be due to numbers, to fit into the chapel. Well surely organised by subject could still confirm numbers for the chapel. Another query, why are we in the Chapel?? All other graduations are in the cathedral?? Why aren't we?? Our main concern and the reason we are signing this Petition is because we feel we have been treated unfairly! We want to graduate with the people we have been with all year!! Some University Tutors agree, we are being passed pillar to post. We email one person, who forwards it someone else. Who sends a reply saying, "The allocations of awards for graduation have been confirmed and cannot be amended... approved by the Dean of Students" received from Graduation. We have more emails from other University Tutors," Penny Haughan... will take your views seriously and will hopefully respond appropriately" received from university tutor. The email reply from Penny Haughan, Dean of Students, is the same as every other email we have received: Many thanks for your e-mail, your comments have been noted. I can confirm that the allocation of awards for Graduation July 2011 has now been confirmed and cannot be amended and has been approved. A lot of time has been taken to try to split the awards over the graduation days in a fair way and we have tried to put students of a similar award and subject together where possible. If you do have any further queries, then you can contact the graduation hotline query desk directly at [email protected]." Received from Dean of Students PA. Everyone is saying the same, time has been taken to make it FAIR, it is now CONFIRMED. When were we as students CONSULTED??? How would we have seen BEFORE it was confirmed?? When did we have the chance to tell them our opinion? The only time is now. I propose you sign our petition, and along with many of us who already have: DO NOT ATTEND GRADUATION, unless you are with your friends and the people you have been with throughout the year!!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO USE YOUR STUDENT EMAIL, THANK-YOU

Updates

February 27, 2011

I have spent my week hitting dead ends in every email exchange with the administration office. They keep sending the same automated response to dismiss our request to walk with the people who supported us through this entire program.

February 27, 2011

Seeing so many of my fellow students feel this same frustration confirms that we deserve to walk across that stage with the peers who supported us through every long night of this course. The administration keeps ignoring our emails but they cannot ignore the weight of this collective movement anymore.

Reached 100 supporters

February 27, 2011

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Sarah Kelly
15 years ago Featured

Ridiculous. We spent every single day with our subject groups and now they want us to graduate with strangers? Sort it out.

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James Dixon
15 years ago Featured

Why the chapel anyway? Seems like they are just trying to shove us in a corner. The cathedral is right there.

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Mark Lee
15 years ago Featured

University bureaucracy at its finest. Just automated replies and zero common sense.

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David Todd
15 years ago Featured

The Dean clearly has no idea what its like for us. Listen to the students for once.

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Chloe Obi
15 years ago Featured

Spent a whole year working with these people why cant we finish the course with them?? Makes no sense.

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Emma Wang
15 years ago Featured

Total joke. Passed from person to person. Just let us sit with our friends. Its really not that hard to organize.

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