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As mentioned at the DC meeting this morning, the graduation notice sent to students today is below.</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style=""> Catherine Milligan
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<b>Sent:</b> 22 May 2020 10:41<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Email confirming operational requirements for graduations</span></p>
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Dear colleagues</p>
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Please forgive the email on a rest day, this requires no response but is a notice of an operational communication which will be sent on Tuesday to all graduating students. Ordinarily these emails would be sent from Student Experience, however, given the circumstances
a communication will be sent on behalf of the Principal, as detailed below. A set of FAQs accompanies this communication and has been published on the website at:
<a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk/coronavirus/students/graduations/">https://www.strath.ac.uk/coronavirus/students/graduations/</a> (the information is also published on the graduation pages).</p>
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As this email is only going to graduating students, the message below will not be circulated to all staff, so please send this on to colleagues in your Schools and Departments as appropriate.</p>
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Cathy</p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Strathclyde students</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Degree Awards and Graduation Ceremonies</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 24 March I wrote to you to advise that
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">in support of the Government announcement to halt the spread of the Covid-19 virus and in the interests of your own safety, health and wellbeing, and that of your family and friends’, the University
has postponed the formal graduation ceremonies.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">While the ceremonial aspect has been postponed, please be assured that those eligible to graduate will still receive a degree or qualification award this summer. Arrangements are now in place to ensure
that formal awards are granted by the University Senate to enable you to take up offers of employment or further study.
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All students eligible to graduate will graduate <em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">in absentia</span></b></em> on Friday 03 July 2020 and have the option to participate
in a replacement graduation event at a later date. </span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To facilitate the award, in absentia,
<b>we still require you to complete enrolment for Graduation</b>; this has re-opened so please register as soon as possible.
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In our continuing commitment to you during this challenging period,
<b>we have taken steps to ensure you will have</b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> access to an authorised and approved digital copy of your degree certificate shortly after the conferment date in July.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
Information on this will be issued in due course.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our FAQs have been updated</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to reflect the changes for the summer conferment of awards and it is important that you read this information
and understand the steps that each of you now need to take.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We very much look forward to celebrating your success at a future ceremony. The successful completion of your degree programme is of paramount importance to all of us here at Strathclyde as is the conferment of your
award and celebration of your success. We remain fully committed to you during this challenging period.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best wishes</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jim</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#666633">Catherine Milligan</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#666633">Directorate of Education Enhancement</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#666633">t:
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Quality Assurance, Student Surveys and Senate</span></p>
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