Gowning and Photography

Gowning

All graduating students attending the graduation ceremonies must wear the correct academic dress for their award. Your academic dress (gown, hood and mortarboard) must be ordered in advance from Marston Events and will be available for collection from the gowning area in the foyer of the Waterfront Building, on the day of your ceremony. Marston Events will have staff in attendance to hand you your gown and advise you how to put it on.

After the ceremony all gowns should be returned to the gown return station in the foyer of the Waterfront Building (unless you selected to extend your hire when you pre-ordered your gown) no later than 2 hours after your graduation ceremony. If you are attending the last ceremony of the day, gown returns will close at 8.30pm.

Photography

The studios for portrait photographs taken by Marston Events, the official photographers for the day, will be located in Lecture Theatre 2 on the ground floor of the Waterfront Building. Marston Events offer a number of photography packages for graduate and/or family portraits, which are available for pre-order when you order your gown. If you don't pre-order there will be the opportunity to order on the day if required, but please be aware that you will incur a non-refundable £15 studio session fee. You are therefore strongly advised to pre-order your chosen photography package. There will be time before and after the ceremony to have your official photographs taken. Please note that the photography studios will close at 8.30pm.

There will also be a photographer from Marston Events taking a photo of every graduate as you cross the stage to have your award conferred during the ceremony. A copy of your award photograph will be available to purchase from Marston Events after the ceremony either in the foyer of the Waterfront Building or online.