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Fury as Uni bosses charge for graduation By GRAHAM DIGGINES, Assistant News Editor
OUTRAGED students have s lammed a move by University bosses to charge parents for a seat at graduation.
The fastest man on earth came home to Norwich recently to display his record breaking supersonic car to the public. Thrust SSC driver Andy Green was met with cheers from a crowd who queued for hours at Norwich Airport on
November, 17 to see the first car to break the sound barrier. The Thrust SSC team broke the land speed record on October 15 at Black Rock Desert, Nevada when the car reached a staggering 763.035 mph.
Said Andy, " lt does not matter if anyone else breaks the sound barrier we were the first to do itl " Demand was so great that the queue stretched for half a mile with a total of
Friend and family will be suddenly forced to pay £10 each from next July to attend the ceremony - netting the University at least £40,000 per year. necessary part of the proceedings. UEA's Planning and "We do see attendance at both Development Assistant Registrar, things a~ being as quite a significant Tony Flack, defended the move, but part of the day." he said. admitted that UEA bosses have no However, when Concrete plans to spend the extra cash on contacted I 0 other universities at improving the ceremony. random , only one of them charged And he added, "Graduation costs and most laid on a free party. £80,000. EUR student, Fourth-year "We have not charged in the past Kirsten Pascoe, is disgusted that her but we have looked at other relatives are being forced to pay. universities and many of them "My parents have supported me charge more than we are going to all through my university years and and quite a number of them have if they are then going to be asked to charged for quite a number of pay £I 0 for the privilege of being years." proud parents for a day it is The £10 fee at UEA includes absolutely ridiculous," she said.
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