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At Birmingham, degrees are dates as being awarded at the relevant degree ceremony, and debtors are not eligible to "congregate" and have their award conferred (and hence dated) until the debt has been cleared. We are considering extending the use of our Special Warrant procedure to "mop up" those who were due to attend at the ceremony but failed to show, but who still wanted the degree conferred. Presumably some debtors would also go through under this procedure, which we will be using a couple of months after each batch of ceremonies. Paul Baker Date sent: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:06:57 +0000 (GMT) Priority: NORMAL Subject: Confirmation of awards to ex-debtors From: Liz M Woodward <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Send reply to: [log in to unmask] > Dear all > > Brunel withholds awards to any students in debt to the University. This is > written into the University regulations and there is no question of a change > being made. However, the practice which is currently under discussion, is the > award date that should be used (whether on the student record or the > certificate) when the student does clear the debt. > > The practice here has been to use the date the debt was cleared, as this is the > first possible date that the award recommendation could be confirmed. We have > been asked to review this policy and it would be helpful to know how colleagues > deal with this matter. > > If your institution does withhold awards to those in debt, what date is used > for the award when it is finally confirmed/conferred? I have used "award date" > rather than "certificate date" in case your institution uses a ceremony date on > certificates. > > I am happy to collate responses if anyone else would be interested in the > replies. > > Many thanks in advance - and Happy Xmas! > > Liz > > -------------------------------------------- > Liz Woodward > Assistant Registrar (Conferments) x2201 > Brunel University, UK > [log in to unmask] > Mr Paul Baker Policy Support Officer Academic Policy Support Section The Academic Office, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT U.K. Telephone 0121 414 6373 (from overseas [add 44 for UK] 121 414 6373) Fax 0121 414 3689 (from overseas, 44-121-414-3689) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%