| Faculty, staff, family, and friends gathered in the sunshine to celebrate graduands ' achievements with bouquets, photographs, smiles, hugs, and lots of applause. |
| The light came sparkling through the Sheldonian windows as Sir Christopher Wren's first masterpiece was packed full of graduands – the very Oxford gerund for those who were going to become graduates. |
| Civilian graduands will also wear a black academic gown over their clothes during the ceremony. |
| At UCL, robes are mandatory, on top of a £30 ticket price that graduands have to pay to attend. |
| Of the 14 graduands in finance, 5 are women, and 9 men. |
| The chancellor's official duty is to confer degrees upon graduands at convocation. |
