Dear Kamran
Reference Number:
RI1872
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We are pleased to confirm that we hold the information you have requested and are therefore able
to provide the fol owing answers to your questions.
I have an interest in how you have approached your graduation ceremonies during the
Coronavirus pandemic. Please could you answer the fol owing:
1) For your students who graduated in 2020, have they had an in-person graduation yet?
No.
2) If no to question 1., are there plans to have an in-person graduation, when restrictions
have been lifted? If so, wil they be the same as previous cohorts (2019, 2018, etc.) and
when are they currently planned for?
Yes, in-person graduation ceremonies are planned in 2022. We wil have more detail on the
plans for those ceremonies when we know what restrictions are likely to be in place.
3) For your students who are due to graduate in 2021, will they have an in-person
graduation? If no, what are your plans for these students?
It is anticipated that these students wil also graduate in person in 2022.
Information in relation to the University’s plans in relation to graduation can be found at
https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/registry/graduation/Pages/default.aspx
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Yours sincerely,
Esther Steele
Governance and Compliance Advisor / Ymgynghorydd Llywodraethu a Chydymffurfiaeth
Cardiff Metropolitan University / Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd
Western Avenue / Rhodfa’r Gorl ewin
Cardiff / Caerdydd
Wales, UK / Cymru, DU
CF5 2YB
Email / E-bost: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
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