Ex-students to descend on city for their graduation ceremonies
THE city is gearing itself up to welcome up to 10,000 extra visitors later this month.
Around 3,000 former students from the University of Derby will return to collect their degrees in the institution's annual presentation ceremonies.
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Historian Maxwell Craven is delighted to receive an honorary degree.
They will be accompanied by about 7,000 friends and family who are likely to be staying in Derby during the two days on January 17 and 18, giving a welcome boost to the economy.
Invitations were sent to the graduates last September and each of them can buy tickets to allow people to accompany them.
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A series of buses will ferry people from the university's main campus in Kedleston Road to the Assembly Rooms, where the six ceremonies will take place over the two days.
A graduation ball will take place at the Students' Union, in Kedleston Road on Friday, January 18, but tickets are sold out.
Over the two days of ceremonies, double Commonwealth Games gold medal swimmer Ross Davenport will receive an honorary degree. The 28-year-old, from Belper, won gold in Melbourne in 2006 for the 200m freestyle and the 4×200m freestyle relay.
Other honorary degrees will go to Derby historian Maxwell Craven, Valerie Todd, a director at Crossrail, war veteran and former principal of Derby College of Technology Roy Wooldridge and Colin Walton, former chairman of Bombardier.
Mr Craven, who has written a number of books on the history of Derby, said he was delighted. He said: "When I got the letter through a couple of months ago, I was absolutely flabbergasted.
"The university gave me an honorary degree before in 1996. I have written back, thanking them and telling them I'm not quite sure what I've done to deserve a second degree but that I feel very, very honoured."
A free supplement featuring the names of all the graduates will appear in the Derby Telegraph on Thursday, January 17.
Comments
by towercrane
Wednesday, January 02 2013, 11:11PM
“mind you we have to thank all the students, ever noticed how new hospitals have the word university some where on the site, and have you heard the phrase - privately funderd - i can hear your brains starting to think. what a way to hide spending. and thanks for keeping the constuction workers employed. THANKS”
by towercrane
Wednesday, January 02 2013, 10:53PM
“go to doms pizza stenson they have 7 grads there, im sure there family are just so proud, still there is a upside they will never have to pay it back. and theyv got a brill photo to boot. living the dream.”
by make_redgreen
Wednesday, January 02 2013, 8:37PM
“Congrats to the graduates, especially on managing to swerve the 9k fees!
However, surely these days even each other out - parents in Derby with kids that are other uni's will not be spending money in the Derby economy this weekend?”
by MrsChristmas
Wednesday, January 02 2013, 8:17PM
“and my daughter is one of them!!! I'm so proud of her, the first job she applied for after graduating, had 98 other applicants, out of these she made it through to the next stage, then to the final 3 then she got the job, and that's why I am so proud of her!”