The Student Room Group
Reply 1
Show-off. :p:
:smile: who me? Hey I did not invent this convention, honestly. I have just found the appropriate gown and I am pleased it only cost £35. The Hull graduation gowns cost £500.
Reply 3
I finished my BCL examinations yesterday! As for dress for exams, BCL candidates do not have a different academic dress to other graduate students. You will wear sub-fusc with the advanced student’s gown: it's rather like the commoner’s gown but longer. You may as an alternative choose to wear the academic dress of your prior University with sub-fusc, so a Hull gown would be permissible. I wore my Cambridge B.A. gown and hood rather than my Oxford degree, some other ‘Tabs did likewise. In addition most people will wear a carnation- a white one for the first exam, pink for the middle ones, and red for the final. Sub-fusc for a female consists of a white shirt, black skirt, tights, black shoes and ribbon (you also carry a mortarboard); far cooler than the male equivalent which requires a jacket and white bow tie. Before you worry about overheating you need only wear the attire entering and exiting the exam hall- it is permissible to remove ones jacket and gown during the examination.

It may seem somewhat old fashioned, but it is a remarkably good tradition. Dressing up for the examination helps to psyche up the mind; and it certainly helps makes the day of finishing a momentous occasion, with the ceremonial trashing and photo shoots.
Thank You PDJM. I was really surprised at first but I think its a lovely tradition. Looks like I will have to get my self sorted out before I go.

Apparently you get 'sent down' for charging Chinese tourists for photos too. lol. Not that I would be thinking of it when I had exams or otherwise really

I hope you get the results you are hoping for :smile:
Reply 5
Thanks- I’ve heard that as well. I was certainly a tourist attraction- I went for a photo shoot with friends in the Old Bod and Radcliffe Square, tourists kept on coming up to me and asking to have their photos with me- if I had charged I’m sure it would have paid for the day!
excellent, yes they asked my friend for some directions whilst one of them took loads of photos of him :smile:

Looks like the new white shirt I need for Thursday for Hull graduation is going to be used lots then. I hear diner at college tends to be £10 and you wear the same clothes for this. Or you may instead go to an early meal which consists of things like chips.
Reply 7
You will need a collection of white shirts- it’s far too hot to wear the same shirt to the exams, and there will not be time to wash it in between. Sub-fusc is rarely worn: just matriculation, exams, graduation and a few other events.

As for dinner in Hall each college varies, most have two sittings: one formal (ie gowns), one informal. For some colleges the food is the same at both- it will generally cost you no more than £3 even for the formal sitting. Some colleges distinguish the two more clearly with different food. Other colleges will go for two sittings, having formal halls less frequently- with the food at the formal (sometime known as guest dinner) at a much higher standard. These can vary in price from college to college, normally being in the region of £5-10, even colleges with formal every night will also have guest dinners from time to time. Sub-fusc is certainly not worn for hall!
ok thanks my friend is at Merton doing Geography and I am going to St Hildas. Besides Hildas hit the tabloid press for lacey nightware at breakfast so I was more concerned about buying a new nighty
Reply 9
LauraWalker
ok thanks my friend is at Merton doing Geography and I am going to St Hildas. Besides Hildas hit the tabloid press for lacey nightware at breakfast so I was more concerned about buying a new nighty


How rude!! :eek:
no I think it was more the American student who wrote in about it for a few 'bucks' that they found rude lol