Helen
Thanks for your response.
Yes, I will post an anonymised summary of responses in due
course.
Robert
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:25:57 +0100 Helen Atkinson
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> Dear Robert
>
> We are facing the same questions. Luckily we do not supply
> our names to any parties except for T-shirts. We have
> notified the T-shirt suppliers that we will no longer be
> supplying names for them after this summer. With regard to
> the degree programme, we have decided that we will no longer
> print the degree classifications in the programme again
> after this summer.
>
> Would you be able to let me know what you find out from
> others please?
>
> Helen Atkinson
> Graduation Officer
>
> "Dr R.J.Green" wrote:
> >
> > In common with, I suppose, every other university, the
> > Graduation Office at the University of Southampton
> supplies > the names of those students attending a
> graduation > ceremony to a number of outside sources: the
> local press > (for publication in a special graduation
> edition); our > gownmakers and video company; and a company
> that produces > T-shirts emblazoned with the names of
> graduating classes. > In addition, of course, the full
> names of all graduands > are published in the programme
> which is given to every > guest and graduand.
> > > We have been releasing names for these purposes for many
> > years and have never had any complaint. However, in
> order > to protect ourselves against the possibility of a
> litigious > student citing the Data Protection Act, should
> we request > graduating students to give us explicit and
> written > permission for their names to be released for
> these > purposes?
> > > Any replies, please, to me rather than to the mailbase.
> > > Many thanks
> > > Robert Green
> > > ***************************************
> > * Dr R.J.Green * > * Senior
> Assistant Registrar * > * Academic Registrar's
> Department * > * University of Southampton *
> > * Southampton S017 1BJ. * > * Tel:
> 023-80593062; Fax 023-80593037* >
> ***************************************
>
> --
> Helen Atkinson
> Academic Affairs
> Keele University
> fax: 01782 632343
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* Dr R.J.Green *
* Senior Assistant Registrar *
* Academic Registrar's Department *
* University of Southampton *
* Southampton S017 1BJ. *
* Tel: 023-80593062; Fax 023-80593037*
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