Daughter unable to attend her graduation ceremony as it is full. Advice please

[mildlyfried]

My daughter has just finished a three year Bsc (hons) at a major University. She has been advised that she cannot attend her graduation ceremony as it is full and she is on a waiting list. All the other ceremonies are at capacity too. She has been told that if a place does not become available then she can either try to graduate in November without her friends or have her certificate posted to her for a £10 fee.

To say we are upset and disappointed is an understatement. Has anyone ever heard of this before? I did not think a University would do this and would make sure they had enough graduation days/dates for all their students. The students have paid tens of thousands in fees and slogged for three years to be denied the chance to get their degree in a ceremony with their family watching.

Is there anyone out there with any advice? maybe someone who works at a University? I'm tempted to go to the local paper and tell the story so other students know what to expect at this University. Students should be told when they are choosing the University that they are not guaranteed a graduation.

Thanks for reading

Unless only selected students recieve the relevant emails, then the process is fair and equitable across all students. I can just see a student at a post grad job interview explaining that, yes their grades were good enough to be
offered a place at the best uni/on best course for their intended career but they went for a lower ranking course because mummy was upset that they might not get to graduate with their friends if they didn’t respond promptly to the booking emails. Not.

I’d hope your children and friends would find your position on this to be utterly ridiculous, treat it with the disdain it deserves, and chose their university based on course content, prestige, teaching quality and facilities.

Suspect this poster is actually either the OP or a friend of the OP since most people wouldn't be quite so invested in a process which is common in very many universities. The OP's daughter might not have been in a ceremony at the same time as her friend even if she had submitted the application earlier.

The OP literally said she was going to try to discredit the university.

I think just a poster who has seen this thread as a full time job for the last couple of days!!

What a very silly OP!!!

Tbh I worry about OP’s daughter. My DC would be utterly mortified that their admin oversight has been broadcast all over social media in a manner that may make them identifiable and which has opened them up to mockery.

And then to have your mum considering complaining…!!

This is an adult woman who ignored an unambiguous email.

I bet her friends aren’t surprised she was lax in responding