Graduating Students

Welcome

The 41st Graduation Ceremony for the awards of Master of Chiropractic will be held at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth on Friday 13th November 2009.  Your graduation ceremony is designed to be a celebration of your achievements here at AECC.

Please read the following information about the ceremony and if you have any queries please contact Isobel Kelleher in the Registry.

We wish you every success in your final examinations and look forward to welcoming you and your guests when you return in November.

Susan Egan
Head of Registry Services

Venue

The Tregonwell Hall
Bournemouth International Centre
Exeter Road
Bournemouth
BH2 5BH

Date & Time

Friday, 13 November 2009. 1.30pm

The Organisers

Susan Egan
Head of Registry Services

Isobel Kelleher
Registry Assistant
Phone: 01202 436298
Email: ikelleher@aecc.ac.uk

Information Packs

Students in the final year of their course will be sent the blue “Graduation Information Booklet” in March.  Please read this carefully and return the “notification of attendance form” by the end of April 2009 to Registry.

Academic Dress

The Graduation Ceremony is a formal occasion and all participants are expected to be appropriately dressed for such an important event.  Place your order for your academic gown, hood and hat at www.wmnortham.co.uk as soon as possible.  To ensure that they are the correct size it is important that you provide your height and hat size (or circumference of your head) when booking.

On the day, your gown, hood and hat will be available in the Purbeck Lounge at theBournemouth International Centre from 10.45am.  You must be gowned and ready by 12.30 pm at the latest, ready to assemble for the procession soon after 1 pm.

This year Messrs Northams, the gown suppliers, will be there to assist you to robe and disrobe.

Parchments and Programmes

If you wish to attend the ceremony, please return your Graduation Notification of Attendance to Isobel Kelleher in Registry as soon as possible, but no later than 30 April 2009. If, for personal reasons, you cannot subsequently attend, please notify Isobel as soon as possible.  Please do notwait until after you have received your final results before responding.

Please note: Attendance at the ceremony is contingent on students’ eligibility and of having satisfied all payment requirements. The college requires all students who are eligible and wish to attendGraduation to have settled their accounts before 17 July. This requirement includes the fullpayment of academic fees and any other outstanding library loans or fees due to AECC, orpayments due to the Spine Centre Ltd.

Guest Tickets

Admission to the ceremony is by invitation only.  Graduates do not need a ticket for themselves.  Please ensure that yourguests bring their tickets with them to the ceremony.  Each student may purchase up to 5 guest tickets at a cost of £14 each.  Each ticket gives entry to the ceremony and includes refreshments afterwards.

Requests for additional tickets will be considered sympathetically although allocation of extra tickets is subject to availability. Payment for tickets must accompany your request on the Notification of Attendance. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT ENTRY TO THE THEATRE IS BY TICKET ONLY.  NO-ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER WITHOUT PRODUCTION OF A TICKET, EXCEPT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 10.

YOUR TICKET ALLOCATION IS NOT TRANSFERABLE

Please note that once the allocation of additional tickets has been made, the payment is not refundable should you or your guests fail to attend.

Registration

On arrival at the Bournemouth International Centre please register yourself and your guests at the table in the Foyer outside the Tregonwell Hall.

Graduation Speaker 2009

Dr Belén Sunyer – President, Asociación Española de Quiropráctica

Guests

Your guests should be seated in the theatre no less than 15 minutes before the beginning of the ceremony.  On entering, guests will be required to produce their invitation.  Guests arriving late may be asked to remain at the back of the theatre until the processions have entered and have been seated.  Further, detailed instructions will be given to you at a later date. 

Photography

A photography service will be provided by Northams Photography.  They will be available in the Purbeck Lounge at the Bournemouth International Centre from 10.45am.  You are strongly advised to pre-book this service on-line at www.wmnortham.co.uk  to save time on the day.  There will also be an opportunity after the ceremony for graduates to have photographs taken.

Refreshments

Before the ceremony you may purchase light refreshments from the coffee shop in the foyer at the BIC.  There are also a number of restaurants along Westover Road, nearby.  Following the ceremony you and your guests are invited to join us in the Purbeck Hall, at the BIC for light refreshments.  The bars will be open for the purchase of alcohol.

Car Parking

There is ample car parking available either at the BIC Multi-Storey car park or at several nearby council run car parks.  Normal charges apply but can be expensive.

Draft Timetable(Subject to Alteration)

Disabled Access

The BIC has access for disabled guests.  Inside the theatre there is ample provision for wheelchairs.

Graduation Ball

Your Graduation Ball Committee has worked hard to ensure that on Saturday 14 November, you end these celebrations with an evening to remember.  We recommend that you order your tickets for the Ball as soon as possible since, with limitations of space, demand is likely to be high.  Prices and details are available fromthe Students’ Union.