#boycottuowgraduation
They'll lose a lot of money when NO students show up for graduation... No hire fees for the robes, no graduation fee...
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Michiel Abubakar
11 years ago
Very unfair to give priority for business and management students to have their ceremony first than nursing and midwifery students. If they go ahead about this the new grad nurses who has their new grad program will jeopardize their position due to needing to have time off just to attend grad ceremony. Not good impression to their new employer to get time off.
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Liesl Jarvis
11 years ago
so unfair!
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Peta Hodges
11 years ago
I plan on going out rural with my degree once I have it. Having the graduation ceremony next year is not only inconvenient for those of us who want to move away/ travel with their degrees, but inconsiderate for those who have already planned things around the graduation date such as weddings/ honeymoons. Not to mention the international students who want to go back to their country at the end of the year and have already booked flights. They miss out altogether! I think if UOW wants to make this transition, then we need to be told at the beginning of the year.
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Rebecca Cole
11 years ago
It would be great for UOW to at least allow this years graduates to graduate in December - January. An April graduation will mean many students will be unable to attend their graduation ceremony which is an occasion many of us look forward to. As a nursing student many of my class will have to move away for work and be in the beginning stages of their new graduate nursing program in April. This will make it difficult to attend a graduation ceremony at this time meaning many may miss out on a graduation ceremony altogether. I understand change are needed in the graduation process however i believe these changes should be brought in for 2016 graduates where they are notified of those changes at the beginning of the year not in the middle of the year when many student have already organised family to attend December graduation dates as advertised in the UOW 2015 student diary.
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Yasmine brooks
11 years ago
my sister deserves a graduation
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Kelsey McInnes
11 years ago
incredibly unfair
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Liesl Jarvis
11 years ago
totally unfair!
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Alex
11 years ago
Please change it
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Anonymous
11 years ago
please change the graduation dates back to December! We have waited years to graduate!
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Maria Cielo Loon
11 years ago
I am one of the student who strongly disagree regarding this changes. For the reason that my parents and my sister already file a leave at their workplace plus I already bought them a ticket. Aside from that, the visa has been filed in my country. In addition, my ticket for my honeymoon was already been booked from April to march and it's not refundable ticket!
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nicky joannou
11 years ago
Completely unfair and unrealistic. The university hasn't taken into consideration the lives of the student
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Natalie
11 years ago
If I finish my Masters on December and then have to graduate in april it will lose it's novilty.
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Eloise Hart
11 years ago
For graduates like myself, who are wishing to work/travel in a different country next year, they are going to miss out on their graduation ceremony completely! Not to mention that the 2015 UOW student diaries promote the December Graduation dates and some families have already booked flights for that period.
This whole decision was put forth without the knowledge or input of the University's students that it would affect and I personally will not promote UOW as a uni for future students if this change is not put into effect.
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Rebecca gallagher
11 years ago
Let us graduate in January !!!!
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charmaine flannery
11 years ago
Paperwork is ready in january. .we need to have a graduation in JANUARY...april is a joke
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Anonymous
11 years ago
it would be nice to be able to come together with my peers and celebrate finishing Uni.
Most of us will be shift workers next year and almost certainly won't be able to get time off for the ceremony.
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John Kirkland
11 years ago
In a SOLS mail dated 18 March and titled 'Important Date for Final Year Students' we were explicitly told, and I quote, "December Graduation – Mid-December 2015 – Applications for December graduation Close in October 2015. If you plan to graduate this coming December please ensure you apply to graduate before the above date."
You haven't moved the finish line but you're asking people to stand on the victory dais six months after they've finished a marathon!
This is absurd for students in their final year who have been working towards this goal for the past 4 years.
I strongly urge you to review, reconsider and reverse this decision for the benefit of your strongest ambassadors and advocates. The students who expect to have graduation ceremony in 2015!
Very unfair
#boycottuowgraduation They'll lose a lot of money when NO students show up for graduation... No hire fees for the robes, no graduation fee...
Very unfair to give priority for business and management students to have their ceremony first than nursing and midwifery students. If they go ahead about this the new grad nurses who has their new grad program will jeopardize their position due to needing to have time off just to attend grad ceremony. Not good impression to their new employer to get time off.
so unfair!
I plan on going out rural with my degree once I have it. Having the graduation ceremony next year is not only inconvenient for those of us who want to move away/ travel with their degrees, but inconsiderate for those who have already planned things around the graduation date such as weddings/ honeymoons. Not to mention the international students who want to go back to their country at the end of the year and have already booked flights. They miss out altogether! I think if UOW wants to make this transition, then we need to be told at the beginning of the year.
It would be great for UOW to at least allow this years graduates to graduate in December - January. An April graduation will mean many students will be unable to attend their graduation ceremony which is an occasion many of us look forward to. As a nursing student many of my class will have to move away for work and be in the beginning stages of their new graduate nursing program in April. This will make it difficult to attend a graduation ceremony at this time meaning many may miss out on a graduation ceremony altogether. I understand change are needed in the graduation process however i believe these changes should be brought in for 2016 graduates where they are notified of those changes at the beginning of the year not in the middle of the year when many student have already organised family to attend December graduation dates as advertised in the UOW 2015 student diary.
my sister deserves a graduation
incredibly unfair
totally unfair!
Please change it
please change the graduation dates back to December! We have waited years to graduate!
I am one of the student who strongly disagree regarding this changes. For the reason that my parents and my sister already file a leave at their workplace plus I already bought them a ticket. Aside from that, the visa has been filed in my country. In addition, my ticket for my honeymoon was already been booked from April to march and it's not refundable ticket!
Completely unfair and unrealistic. The university hasn't taken into consideration the lives of the student
If I finish my Masters on December and then have to graduate in april it will lose it's novilty.
For graduates like myself, who are wishing to work/travel in a different country next year, they are going to miss out on their graduation ceremony completely! Not to mention that the 2015 UOW student diaries promote the December Graduation dates and some families have already booked flights for that period. This whole decision was put forth without the knowledge or input of the University's students that it would affect and I personally will not promote UOW as a uni for future students if this change is not put into effect.
Let us graduate in January !!!!
Paperwork is ready in january. .we need to have a graduation in JANUARY...april is a joke
it would be nice to be able to come together with my peers and celebrate finishing Uni. Most of us will be shift workers next year and almost certainly won't be able to get time off for the ceremony.
In a SOLS mail dated 18 March and titled 'Important Date for Final Year Students' we were explicitly told, and I quote, "December Graduation – Mid-December 2015 – Applications for December graduation Close in October 2015. If you plan to graduate this coming December please ensure you apply to graduate before the above date." You haven't moved the finish line but you're asking people to stand on the victory dais six months after they've finished a marathon! This is absurd for students in their final year who have been working towards this goal for the past 4 years. I strongly urge you to review, reconsider and reverse this decision for the benefit of your strongest ambassadors and advocates. The students who expect to have graduation ceremony in 2015!
Ridiculous!