| Graduation |
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Showing off the gown (left) |
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| View from behind (right) |
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With the hood up (left) |
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| From behind again (right) |
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Robert and Mike (left) |
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| The graduation hall (right) |
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Mike Edmunds, head of department (left) |
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| Robert is presented (right) |
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Shaking hands (left) |
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| Admitted to the degree (right) |
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Beware! (left) |
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| Robert looks pleased with himself (right) |
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Robert and family (left) |
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| Robert and Helen (right) |
| University of Wales PhD academical
dress: "In full dress, a Doctor of Philosophy wears a crimson cloth
gown, with full sleeves reversed at the edge in front, with silk
facings and sleeve-linings of colours proper to the Faculty in which
the degree has been obtained ...Doctors' hoods are of the Cambridge
form ... in the case of a Doctor of Philosophy [the] hood is made of
crimson cloth. The hoods of Doctors are lined with silk
of the colours proper to the Faculty in which the degree has been
obtained ... Doctors in full dress wear a [square] cap of black velvet
with a black silk tassel." The colour proper to the Faculty of
Science is "Bronze colour (yellow shot with black)."
Quotes from the University of
Wales website. |
| The degree was conferred in
Welsh, with the words: "Trwy awdurdod y Brifysgol a ymddiriedwyd i
mi, derbyniaf chi i radd Doethur mewn Athroniaeth ac i holl freiniau'r
radd hon." This translates into English as: "By the authority of
the University conferred upon me, I admit you to the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy and to all the privileges of that degree." Quotes
from the Graduation 2002 commemorative programme. |
