On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, D.Welland wrote: > Exeter is thinking about the possibility of holding a > winter degree congregation but is concerned about the time > available to assess taught postgraduate work and hold > boards of examiners etc in order to hold a ceremony in > mid-December. Cambridge has a degree congregation about once a month during term. Degree Committees and the Board of Graduate Studies meet with a similar frequency. A postgraduate who has qualified for a degree just goes along to the congregation of their choice. I suspect that you did not want to hear that answer. -- Robin Walker, (Junior Bursar), Queens' College, Cambridge, CB3 9ET, GB [log in to unmask] http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/ Tel:+44 1223 335528 Fax:335566 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%