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Certificates are not given out at the graduation ceremony. Certificates are printed throughout the year.
If you graduate in the summer you can either:
If you have not received your certificate within 6 months of your qualification being awarded, please email awards@mmu.ac.uk. We will charge a certificate re-print fee of £35.00 for any notification of non-delivery received more than 6 months after your qualification being awarded.
All other times of the year certificates are normally posted within 4–6 weeks of your qualification being awarded.
Yes, students and guests choose to dress smartly for the day wearing suits, dresses or even national costume.
Ede and Ravenscroft, the official photographers offer the following tips to look smart and unruffled on the stage and in your graduation photograph:
Yes. It doesn’t matter when you choose to have your photographs taken as studios are open from 8.30 to 9.30, (except Monday ceremonies from 11am and Friday start at 7.30 am and finish at 7.30 pm) so you can go along at any time.
For those attending the first ceremony of the day, we recommend that you visit the studios BEFORE your ceremony starts as it can be very busy afterwards. However, you must register and collect your gown from the Bridgewater Hall beforehand and be back 45 minutes before your ceremony is set to start.
An ideal time to visit the studios is when another graduation ceremony is taking place.
REMEMBER – YOU MUST COLLECT YOUR GOWN FIRST FROM THE BRIDGEWATER HALL
You will need to ensure you have an agreed instalment plan in place or alternatively you must contact our Credit Control team on 0161 247 1852 who will discuss all available payment options with you.
Until you have paid or have an agreed plan in place, you will be unable to access the graduation system to register and purchase guest tickets.
If you register by the closing date you are guaranteed two guest tickets, if required.
You do not pay for your student ticket, but we have to make a charge of £11.00 each for guest tickets to cover the cost of hiring the venue.
Guest tickets can be purchased on-line when you book your attendance. You will need a valid credit or debit card to do so.
Once the closing date has passed, we will release all unsold tickets and you can log back into the graduation booking system to purchase any extra ones. Please note that the demand for extra guest tickets is very high and we cannot always meet this.
Closing date for guaranteed tickets: 20th May 2011
Extra tickets released: 6th June 2011
Any late extras released: 20th June 2011
Your student ticket will be sent to you through the post in mid to late June. We cannot send guest tickets through the post. Students will collect their guest tickets on arrival at the Bridgewater Hall. Please remember to print off your receipt and bring it with you. Unfortunately, we cannot issue guest tickets to anyone other than the graduating student who has purchased them.
There are no tickets for sale on the day at the Bridgewater Hall. All guest tickets must be purchased in advance via the on-line graduation booking system. We cannot admit guests who do not have tickets.
We hope that you will be successful in your final assessments but if it turns out that you need to do re-sits you can either:
If you can’t attend for any other reason, we can only provide a refund if you let us know before the day of your ceremony by emailing your request to graduationrefunds@mmu.ac.uk.
If you cannot make your ceremony day and time, we may be able to arrange for you to come on a different day.
Please contact the graduation helpline on 0161 247 6888 or email sip@mmu.ac.uk to discuss your situation.
If your guests need visas, the visa application form and country specific information is on the UK visas website.
You will need to let them have the following documents to enclose with their visa application:
If you need assistance, there is an opportunity to tell us when you register via the graduation on-line booking system.
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Alternatively, if you prefer to discuss your needs please contact the Graduation Helpline on 0161 247 6888 or email sip@mmu.ac.uk and a member of staff will be able to help you.
Please ring 0161 247 6888 or email sip@mmu.ac.uk to let us know before your ceremony, so we can make the necessary arrangements.
On the day of your ceremony please arrive as close to the scheduled time as possible so as we can show you the access arrangements. Ede and Ravenscroft, the robe hirers can provide special help with robing on the day.
All floors in The Bridgewater Hall are easily accessible for guests with mobility difficulties, with wheelchair spaces on each level. Reserved seating will not be necessary as there are plenty of places available on all levels. Staff at the Bridgewater Hall can assist you if you need help.
Parking spaces are available in the Manchester Central (formerly G-Mex) Car Park (opposite the Bridgewater Hall) with easy access to the Hall via an underpass and lift which brings you out just near the main entrance. Please visit the Bridgewater Hall website for details on where to park.
There is a wheelchair user drop off point is on Lower Mosley Street (see map on the Bridgewater Hall website). However, this is not a parking space, even for blue badge holders.
There are designated disabled bays located on Chepstow Street at the rear of the venue. And there is also plenty of on-street pay and display parking bays on Whitworth Street West and Great Bridgewater Street, in which badge holders may park free of charge with their badge only, displayed without time limit.
The Bridgewater Hall does have a loop system in the hall – although it works quite differently from a normal hearing loop. It’s an infra red system and guests must pick up a loop necklace from the cloakroom where they will be advised of the best places to sit to pick up the signal.
These loop necklaces work with the usual hearing aids and the newer digital ones. We also have headsets with headphones only, for those with no hearing aid but that want the sound amplified in their ears. Further access information is available on The Bridgewater Hall’s website.
Although graduation is an important occasion for the whole family, we do not recommend that you bring very young children with you.
The acoustics in the Hall are very sensitive and small children will probably find it hard to sit quietly for too long.