STUDENTS from Wiltshire College celebrated their graduation at Salisbury Cathedral.
On Friday, October 25, around 100 students who had recently completed university-level, degree-level, higher apprenticeship programmes and higher-level professional qualifications at WCUC graduated surrounded by their families and friends at Salisbury Cathedral.
Ahead of the ceremony, graduates took part in the traditional procession through the city as they paraded from Salisbury Playhouse to the Cathedral grounds.
The ceremony opened with a welcome address from WCUC principal and CEO Iain Hatt, while chief constable of Wiltshire Police Catherine Roper served as the guest speaker.
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Representatives from the Royal Navy were also in attendance to celebrate serving members achieving the Chartered Management Institute Level 7 NVQ Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership.
WCUC offers a wide variety of higher education courses across its campuses around the county through its University Centre, including a number validated by Bournemouth University and Oxford Brooks University.
Will Killick studied the BEng (Hons) Motorsport Technology degree and said: “It really was a day to remember. The course was really good, and I made lots of great memories made and had lots of enjoyable times.
"I am already doing some freelance work within motorsport, and I have started a role at AB Dynamics, a company in Wiltshire who work in development and engineering in the automotive industry.”
Pollyanna Zollo graduated from the HND Crime and Criminal Justice programme and has now chosen to continue her studies to achieve a full degree.
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She said: “I loved the day. It was great fun and so nice to see everyone again as some people I haven’t seen since we finished our course at the start of the summer. I really enjoyed the course, and I have moved onto Hertfordshire University to do a one-year top-up programme as my dream is to be a Detective Constable in the police.”
Shareena Broderick leaves as a graduate from the HND Animal Management programme.
She said: “It was a really nice day and Salisbury Cathedral is such a lovely setting. There were only a few of us from our course who could make it, but it was great to see them all again and lovely to see our lecturer too. I first started at the college on the Applied Science Level 3 course. I did two years when I left school and then had a gap year before coming back to do a HE course. It is a really good place to study.”
For more information on WCUC’s Higher Education provision, visit www.wiltshire.ac.uk/university-centre.
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