Dear Iain
Here at the University of Wales we do the same i.e. we do not issue new
certificates if they have changed there name through marriage or divorced
etc. However we do issue Academic Statements with the new name with either
nee or q name at time of graduation.
However in relation to graduates who have changed their gender we do issue
new certificates as long as we have supporting evidence of this i.e.. a
statutory declaration stating that they have changed their name and gender
and that they return the original certificate to us so that it can be
destroyed.
This has been our policy since 1998.
I hope this is of help to you.
Regards
Vicky
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Vicky Davies
Acting Administrative Assistant
University Registry
King Edward VII Avenue
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NS
Tel 029 20 786 236 FAX: 029 20 786259
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-----Original Message-----
From: Iain Rowan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 29 March 2000 10:49
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Subject: Issuing degree certs and changes of name
We receive a number of requests every year to produce new award
parchments for students who have changed their names.
The reasons for the change run from marriage/divorce, through to changes
of sex, and most recently a request from a student who has changed his
name by statutory declaration, as he was planning to work in an
Arabic-speaking country, and his original name had offensive and
blasphemous connotations in Arabic.
How do colleagues respond to such requests? We have had a policy that
the degree parchment issued at graduation is produced for the student as
named at that time, and that we do not produce new parchments to reflect
changes in name, even on the production of statutory declarations etc.,
but I would like to know how this compares to other institutions.
Thanks
Iain Rowan
Head of the Student Office
University of Sunderland
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