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If you are experiencing any difficulty accessing your student email, you can manage your access on the password change website.
While waiting for your graduation ceremony invitation, log into your eStudent and follow these steps, to ensure your contact details are correct.
In order to participate in your graduation ceremony, you will need to respond to the graduation ceremony invitation (which is different from your Completion Letter and Conferring of degree email). Your graduation ceremony invitation will be sent approximately 6 to 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the relevant graduation series to your student email address.
The Graduation Fee is compulsory and confirms your attendance for your ceremony. Please refer to your graduation invitation for RSVP cut-off dates.
An attendance checklist will be sent via email 2 weeks before the start of the graduation series with important information about what to do on the day of your ceremony.
Graduates who do not attend their allocated graduation OR have not responded to the invitation are considered to have declined to attend and will not be invited to any subsequent ceremony. Your documents will be held by the Graduations Team until you nominate how you would like to receive your documents.
Note: Graduates who arrive after the ceremony has commenced, will not be permitted into the Graduation Hall and will forfeit their ceremony.
Your Graduation Fee includes the full academic dress and all graduands are required to be in full academic dress to take part in the graduation proceedings. As academic gowns are open at the front, clothing worn underneath will be clearly visible. Suggested attire includes:
Please note: the graduation venue has tiled areas as well as a number of ramps or steps onto the stage to negotiate - we recommend you take this into account when selecting your footwear for the day.
Other than bottled water, food and drink is not permitted inside the hall. Most personal belongings must be left in our Cloak Room, which includes large luggage items, prams and strollers, flowers etc. Handbags and backpacks must not exceed 400mm x 320mm x 100mm.
We are unable to accept responsibility for items left in the Cloak Room.
Graduands should note that the academic gowns do not have pockets, so do not bring loose items (including mobile phones) unless these can be placed in clothing underneath.
View the live streaming of the ceremony.
Graduates and their guests are invited to enjoy light refreshments after the graduation ceremony.
We endeavour to accommodate any special requirements for the ceremony such as accessibility, or other types of pre-arrangement that may be required.
The graduation hall currently has the following features:
Contact the Graduations Team via an AskMQ enquiry to discuss any additional requirements that you or your guest may have.
For casual accommodation situated on campus, visit the Dunmore Lang College website or email them at events@dlc.nsw.edu.au or call +61 (2) 9856 1000.
You must check with the Department of Home Affairs for the latest information.
We suggest that you submit a copy of the Graduation Ceremony invitation (sent to your student email) with your application.
For your guests, also include a personal letter written by you to invite your family/guests to attend your graduation, along with your Graduation Ceremony invitation. The personal letter should specify the ceremony date and time, full names of your family members/guests, and their passport numbers.
All photocopied documents should be certified by a Justice of the Peace (JP).
If you can no longer attend your allocated graduation ceremony due to extenuating circumstances, you may be eligible for a refund of the Graduation Fee.
Graduation Fee refunds will be granted if you have experienced personal, medical, professional or academic circumstances beyond your control and are able to provide evidence* of this.
Examples for each circumstance are outlined below**:
Personal reasons | Evidence required |
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Visa issues (such as wasn't processed in time for your ceremony) | Proof of lodgement of your visa application, which clearly displays your name and date of lodgement |
Unexpected family commitments (such as having to care for a family member or partner) | Evidence of the circumstances (if they are not sensitive in nature) otherwise, a statutory declaration |
Medical reasons | Evidence required |
Testing positive for COVID-19 and your isolation period covers the day of your ceremony |
A dated photo of your rapid antigen test (RAT) result, or a dated confirmation email for SMS from the NSW Health after registering a positive PCR result. Photos missing identifying details and dates of impact are not considered appropriate supporting documentation. |
Close contact with a COVID-19 positive person | Evidence of close contact's positive result (as above) should show a clear link to the graduate (i.e. same last name or address etc) |
Other medical reasons (e.g. surgery, accident, other unexpected illness) | Doctor's letter/certificate, hospital discharge papers or similar (or statutory declaration). Please do not submit sensitive information or images depicting your medical issue or injury |
Professional reasons | Evidence required |
Last minute work commitments that were not known before the last day to request a refund that cannot be rescheduled | Letter from employer or statutory declaration |
Academic reasons | Evidence required |
Unexpected or unavoidable study commitment that was not known before the last day to request a refund | Email advice from your educational institution or statutory declaration |
*Where specific evidence cannot be provided, a Statutory Declaration must be submitted and signed by an authorised witness
**Requests are assessed on a case by case basis. If you have circumstances outside of these parameters, you may still apply and the Graduations Team will let you know the outcome
Submit all requests via AskMQ as soon as your circumstances become known to you. Please note all requests and evidence need to be submitted within 2 weeks after your series has ended.
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