Graduations: A bit like the Olympics but then some
Graduation is one of the most significant events in the university calendar. It is a slightly bizarre and rather ritualistic event. Everyone (well, nearly everyone) dresses up, in gowns and/or posh frocks or newly acquired suits.
I have attended two of my own and over 150 others at different institutions. Whilst I was a bit grumpy about attending the one for my undergraduate degree (I decided I was doing it just for my parents), pretty chipper about the second (after nearly 10 years' hard graft on my PhD I genuinely felt I'd earned it) and having skipped the one for the Diploma in Management Studies in between I do really rather like them now.
Somewhat tenuous graduation and London 2012 Registrarism posting
