User talk:Savirr

Your University of Durham edit summary: Corrected dates in introduction; removed implication that Oxford and Cambridge are chartered

Well, Oxford and Cambridge ARE chartered; Oxford has at least one charter, granted by the pope in 1214; while Cambridge has at least one granted by Edward I in 1291. It's true, though, that both universities predate any charter; and you are of course right in correcting the dates. TSP 23:25, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Open University Students Association
An article that you have been involved in editing, Open University Students Association, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Worcester Students Union. Thank you. Knock-Off Nigel (talk) 11:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Nature of graduation ceremonies
I have just read the discussion on the Open University talk page about the nature of Open University graduation ceremonies. Since it is rather an old debate I thought I'd send you this message and then copy it to the page, otherwise it probably wouldn't be read. I think that the University of London must confer degrees in a similar way. I have here my certificate from the University of Lonon, which reads

N, having completed the approved course of study and passed the examination has this day been admitted by The School of Oriental and African Studies to the University of London Degree of Master of Arts with Distinction in [Subject] [signed] Director and Principal, The School of Oriental and African Studies [and] Vice-Chancellor 1 December 2006 [The Seal of the University of London]

By 1 December 2006 I did not even have my results and received this certificate long after the degree was conferred. Then only on 29 July of the following year was there a graduation ceremony (which I did not attend). Surely my degree was actually conferred, retrospectively, when the seal of the University was applied to the certificate. The ceremony was, I think, just for show. On the other hand I have from Oxford a certificate thus:

''This is to certify that N [College] satisfied the Examiners in the Final Honour School of [School] on [date] and was placed by them in [class] and, having satisfied all the conditions prescribed by the Statutes of the University, was on 23 October 2004 admitted to the Degree of [DEGREE] University Offices, Oxford. 24 January 2008 [signed] Registrar [sealed]''

23 October was the date of the ceremony.

Also interesting is the the name of my degree from Oxford is just 'Bachelor of Arts', with no mention of the subject or class (which is reflected in the programme for the ceremony) whereas I think my University of London degree is actually 'Master of Arts with Distinction in [Subject]'. It will be interesting to see what happens if I try to graduate with an MA in another subject from the University of London. At Oxford it would be absolutely impossible - when you have been admitted to the degree of, say, Bachelor of Arts, if you take another Final Honour School you cannot enter the degree for a second time.

cc. Timrollpickering.--Oxonian2006 (talk) 15:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

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