Paying for graduation

[jellybe]

Just want a little moan about having to pay for my graduation. After paying my uni 10s of thousands of pounds in tuition fees over the last 3 years I have paid to day for my graduation ceremony. Almost 200 pounds for tickets and robe. Is this normal or is my uni particularly cheeky? AIBU to be annoyed about this?

I think the costs are ridiculous.
We’ve paid for my DD’s robe etc which is about £45, then there’ll be official photos and the tickets for DH and I were £45 each.
Having paid over £18k for her rent for the past 3 years, it kind of sucks!
I know it’s not obligatory to go but she wants to and wants us to go with her.

Neither my university nor either of the universities my children attended charge for attendance at graduation. I think one charged £10 for a third family member (her sister) to attend but nothing for the first two. Gown hire and photographs are provided by other companies, not the university.

• edit - Oops I got the price of tickets wrong - DD says they’re £25 each, not £45