Graduation 2019 at Greenlands Essential information Invitations For information on travel and accommodation, Please leave handbags, mobile phones, etc. with your Essential please speak to your experienced local International guests. You will not be able to carry them with you in the Office or Programme Administrator. procession to the Ceremony Marquee. Information If you wish to attend a ceremony Please be aware, we reserve the right to prevent you Reply to your invitation on the RISIS web portal, from joining the procession and graduating on the day Degree Congregations by the deadline of Friday 30 August 2019. You can log Debts All debts must be cleared by Friday 30 August 2019. if you are not dressed appropriately. You would, in that for the Henley Business in using your Reading ID number (eight digit number) Those owing £50 or more will not be permitted case, graduate in absence. as your login ID and date of birth as password. Further School will be held on Friday to graduate. If less than £50 is owed you will be allowed instructions will be included in the invitation email. 20 September 2019, at the to graduate but your certificate will be withheld until We will endeavour to allocate two guest tickets Ede & Ravenscroft Greenlands campus on the the debt is fully cleared. to each graduand attending the ceremony who responds Order your outfit online from our preferred supplier: outskirts of Henley-on-Thames. by the deadline. Please be advised if the ceremony www.gownhire.co.uk Email invitations to the is full we may have to operate a waiting list system. Attending your ceremony Pay by credit or debit card (all major cards accepted) ceremonies will be sent in early and you will receive your confirmation and order number. August. Please keep us informed To graduate in absence • You will need to wear the correct robes for your award Reply personally to the invitation on the RISIS web portal Wheelchair/Disabled Persons Access Please advise us on the Portal if access for wheelchair • Make sure you know your head circumference, of any changes to your contact by the deadline of Friday 30 August 2019. This is necessary or other facilities for disabled visitors will be required, and height measurements details if you are due to graduate. in order to confirm the spelling of your name on your or if you need any other special arrangements to be made. certificate and also to let us know to which address • Print out your order confirmation and take it with you would like your certificate to be sent. Please email [email protected] with further you when you collect your outfit on the day of your details no later than Friday 30 August 2019. ceremony so we can process your order quickly Things to do Please note: Certificates will not be sent if graduands (see 6 on map). • Register on the RISIS web portal have not registered via the RISIS web portal. Lost Property • If you do not have access to a computer, please from early August If you do not register you will automatically telephone their call centre on 01223 861854 To enquire about lost property after graduation, graduate in absence but your certificate will not (from abroad: +44 1223 861854). Operating hours • Then order your academic please contact the Graduation Team by calling be sent until you contact us. It is our policy to only 9.00 am – 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday. dress from Ede & Ravenscroft at 0118 378 5595/5596 or emailing graduation@henley. hold certificates for 12 months following the date ac.uk. Found property will be kept by the University for • Facilities for the deaf and hard of hearing or those www.gownhire.co.uk of graduation. After this period you may be liable six weeks, and if unclaimed, will be donated to charity. with speech impairment are available using your for a replacement certificate charge. Textphone – dial 1800 101 223 861854 to access Optional the RNID Typetalk System. • Order graduation photographs Academic Dress Deferring You will not be permitted to participate in the ceremony from Ede & Ravenscroft at Reply personally to the invitation on the RISIS web portal Please note if you are not in Academic Dress. The University gown hire and select the option to defer. You can defer to the next • You will not receive the online discount www.gownhire.co.uk supplier is Ede and Ravenscroft. set of ceremonies in September 2020. You will not receive if you order by telephone. • Order a graduation DVD from your certificate until that date. Graduation is a formal event. You should wear smart • Terms and conditions for cancellations www.visionsunlimited.co.uk clothing beneath your gown. If you are to wear a shirt then are available online or from the a tie must also be worn. Smart but comfortable shoes are call centre operators. International partner network important; no jeans or trainers. We would recommend graduands wearing a buttoned blouse or shirt, which will make it easier Ede & Ravenscroft cannot supply an order later than Formal registration must take place on the RISISweb portal. for you to attach the hood to your clothing. We also suggest 21 days before a ceremony. If you have not booked your Emails sent to your administrator cannot be accepted bringing safety pins to pin your hood in place. Appropriate robes, payment by cash should be made on the day. Please in place of registration. military dress or the national dress of your country is also contact Ede & Ravenscroft for on-the-day prices. If graduating in absence, some International Partner Offices allowed to be worn underneath your gown. will send certificates on behalf of the Graduation Office. Order of ceremonies – September 2019 Please note: If, nearer the time of graduation,there appears to be a disproportionate number of graduands at one ceremony intending to graduate in person, the Graduation Office reserves the right to move some programmes to the other ceremony. Graduands and staff will be advised in writing by late August if any such move must take place.
Friday 20 September 11.30 am Master of Business Administration (PGDip/Cert where appropriate) Flexible Learning Programme (International Network): Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Nordic, South Africa, Trinidad
Friday 20 September 2.30 pm Doctor of Business Administration Master of Business Administration (PGDip/Cert where Executive Programme; Flexible Learning Programme appropriate) (Henley-Based); Flexible Learning Programme (International Network): Malta; Flexible Learning Programme (Tailored for companies): Music Industry Master of Arts (PG Dip/Cert where appropriate) Leadership
Master of Science (PGDip/Cert where appropriate) Business and Management Research; Coaching and Behavioural Change Postgraduate Certificate Strategic Marketing Leadership (Roche) individually. You will ascend a short flight of steps, cross the stage, shake On the day Tickets hands with the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor and descend by the steps on Guest tickets will be issued on the day and should be collected the far side. You will then collect your certificate and return to your seat. Travel on arrival from the Bar Common Room (see 14 on map) and prior The 800 and 850 bus services run between Reading and Henley. to registering in the Processions Room. Graduands sit in a separate seating More information can be found online at block in the marquee and do not need a ticket for themselves. Suggested Dress for your guests Dress should be in keeping with the formality of the occasion. www.arrivabus.co.uk/800---high-wycombe-to-reading. There is parking provided at Greenlands for those travelling by car. Graduand registration Please ensure you go to the Processions room, (see 12 on map), 45 Children: Important Notice Directions for getting to Greenlands can be found at minutes before the start of your ceremony to register and be organised Whilst Graduation is a celebratory family event we do not consider it . www.henley.ac.uk/about-us/how-to-find-us#greenlands into correct procession order. Guests should make their way to the particularly child-friendly, especially the ceremonies themselves as they marquee 15 minutes before the start of the ceremony. require guests to remain seated in one place for up to an hour at a time. This Arrival time being said children are still welcome to attend. If children do come, those aged Marshals will line graduands up in procession order. It is vital you stay Graduands should arrive 90 minutes before the start of their 2 and under do not need their own ticket for the ceremony marquee as they in procession order or you could be marked absent or the wrong name ceremony to allow for collection of robes, guest tickets, and registration are expected to sit on an adult’s lap and be carried at all times in the marquee. read out for you during your ceremony. in the processions room. All children aged 3 and over will need their own guest ticket. Please note if you are not in the processions room 45 minutes before If you bring any children onto the Greenlands campus you are entirely the ceremony start time you will not be permitted to join your ceremony Collection of Robes responsible for their care and safety. Robes will be ready for collection at the Greenlands site on the day and will be admitted in absence to your degree. of your ceremony from the Institute of Directors room, (see 6 on map). The river is a particular hazard; you should exercise great care at all times and avoid the risk of any child falling into the river by ensuring that Remember to bring your order confirmation with you on the day. The ceremony the children in your party do not go too close to the river bank. There Assistance will be given with robing. Hats should be worn during A marshal will lead graduands from their seat and process them down are other areas of water, e.g. ornamental ponds and a stream on the site the ceremony. the side of the marquee. DBAs and PhDs will be presented first, followed by the MBAs and Masters and finally the PGDips and PGCerts. After the where the same precautions should be taken. Please return your robes to the robing return, (see 7 on map), presentation formula has been announced graduands will be presented For this purpose, the definition of a child is anyone under the age of 18 years. before you leave the Business School. Admission to the Business School Grounds Refreshments Notification of filming Admission to the Business School grounds on the day of the Graduation Tea and coffee will be available before each ceremony in the marquee Please note that filming will take place in the ceremony. ceremonies is limited to those who have indicated that they will on the lawns, (see 2 on map). There will be a light finger buffet after This footage will be used for the web feed and to create commercial attend and their guests. each ceremony in the Heyworth Room, (see 4 on map). Alcoholic and publicity materials. Owing to the short time frame in which these are produced it is not possible for you to opt-out and therefore images Please note that dogs, except for assistance dogs, are not allowed drinks will be on sale. recorded at graduation will assume the permission of individuals who on Business School property. Wheelchair/Disabled Persons Access choose to attend. Ceremony Programme Please advise on your portal if access for wheelchair or other facilities We regret that the use of personal recording devices is not permitted A programme giving the order of proceedings at the ceremony for disabled visitors will be required, or if you need special arrangements in the marquee during the ceremonies. and a complete list of all those graduating will be available on the day. to be made. Please email [email protected] with further details no later Live web streaming Cloakroom Facilities than Friday 30 August 2019. The ceremonies will be streamed live on the internet at the following Unattended cloakroom facilities are available for hanging outdoor coats, etc. address: http://student.reading.ac.uk/essentials/your-graduation-and- (see1 on map). There are also secure lockers, which are operated by a code Photography beyond/on-graduation-day/graduation-live-stream.aspx. system. Instructions are on the inside of the locker door, (see 15 on map). The official portrait photographers, Ede & Ravenscroft Photography, will operate studios in River House at the Business School on the day Graduation DVD Alumni and Development Team of the ceremonies, (see 10 on map). Visions Unlimited is a well-established company specialising in graduation Make sure you meet and connect with the Alumni & Development Team If you wish to pre-order photography, please do so on their website ceremonies. They produce high-quality DVDs during the ceremony which near the Information Desk (see 14 on map) to learn more about our global at www.gownhire.co.uk when you order your gown. Photography can are available from the DVD Sales Desk directly after the ceremony is over, network and how you can connect to it through our new online platform, also be ordered on the day. (see 10 on map). Henley Live. To pre-order a graduation DVD, please visit the website at: www.visionsunlimited.co.uk/henley. Business School Shop Accommodation The Business School shop will be open with a range of Henley Business There are only a few rooms available at the Greenlands site School merchandise and jewellery (see10 on map). for graduation. Rooms can be booked via the Henley Greenlands Documents you need to bring with you reception ([email protected] or by phone on +44 (0)1491 571 454). if you are attending a ceremony The websites below offer information on other local facilities • Photographic ID - such as Reading University ID card or passport Extra Guest Tickets and accommodation. Each graduand who registers to attend is entitled to up to two for ticket collection. guest tickets. If there are extra tickets they will be released on the day www.hospitalityuor.co.uk/accommodation • Robe hire order confirmation. 90 minutes before the ceremony and will be available from the information www.livingreading.co.uk/visit/where-to-stay • Photography order/acknowledgement form, if applicable. desk (see 14 on map). Please be advised there is no guarantee of extra www.visit-henley.com/where-to-stay tickets. www.windsor.gov.uk/accommodation www.booking.com/city/gb/high-wycombe.html Mobile phones Graduands and their guests are asked to ensure that, if they are carrying a mobile phone or electronic device, it is switched off during the ceremony. Travelling to Henley Business School
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Key graduand areas Questions before Graduation For more information, please contact: Graduation Office Room G29, JJ Thomson Building Whiteknights Campus University of Reading Reading, RG6 6AF [email protected] Tel +44 (0)118 378 5595/5596 www.henley.ac.uk/graduation @HenleyGrad 0118 959 0301 [email protected] www.sonningflowers.com