Graduates, friends, family and staff got together in person for the first formal Higher Education graduation for Uxbridge College and Harrow College since pre-pandemic.
The graduates on the HNC, HNDs and Professional Diploma programmes were presented with their awards at Brunel University London, and celebrated with drinks and a buffet – and the traditional custom of throwing their ‘mortar boards’ (caps) up in the air.
Dr Darrell DeSouza, CEO and Principal of HCUC, who presented the students with their awards, said: “It was really lovely to see so many of our graduates and their guests in person for our Higher Education ceremony, when this has not been possible over the last couple of years due to the pandemic.
“We all feel extremely proud of all our graduates and it is wonderful to see so many either going on to university study, or directly into the careers of their choice, thanks to gaining the skills so highly in demand by industry.
“A significant proportion of our graduates now join their programmes intending to progress to university, through this increasingly popular route to gaining a degree at a manageable cost. “Many of our graduates studied STEM subjects – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths – through HCUC’s West London Institute of Technology, which we launched in 2019 and which has its flagship centre on the Uxbridge campus. We are continuing to develop and equip the IoT to its highest standard and look forward to our new higher-level students joining us in September.”
