Final year students have lost the last months of their university experience as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and now our Graduation ceremony is at risk too.

Lots of universities are in the process of rescheduling Graduation ceremonies for late 2020. Final year students at the University of East Anglia, however, have been advised that they will "explore if there are options in the future to mark and celebrate our hard work". 

We understand the necessity of postponing our graduation ceremony, however, we feel every University student who has paid their fees and worked hard deserves a Graduation ceremony. We want to celebrate our successes with our family and friends, especially because the last few months of our final year didn't go to plan.

This petition asks for the Vice-Chancellor to guarantee us a Graduation ceremony- we've worked too hard for our degrees to be merely posted to us without any form of further recognition or celebration.