The 2022 cohort of graduates donned their caps and gowns at their Wrexham Glyndwr University graduation ceremonies.

The University hosted its first formal graduation ceremony in three years last week, in the William Aston Hall.

Having their well-deserved moment in the spotlight in front of their lecturers, friends and family, students received the ceremonial handshake as they crossed the stage indicating the moment graduands become graduates and new members of Glyndwr’s Alumni.

In her ceremony speech, vice chancellor, Professor Maria Hinfelaar, spoke of the impact COVID-19 had on the delivery of programmes and referenced how much there was to catch up on. She spoke of key developments within the university including “fantastic” National Student Survey results and being “delighted and really proud to be consistently in the top 10 of all 130 UK universities for teaching quality.”

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She added: “The biggest news we received in the past year was that we had been successful in our bid for a 10-year contract with the Welsh Government to deliver a raft of Allied Health and Nursing courses for the whole of North Wales. With brand new facilities at our campuses here in Wrexham and in St Asaph, we will be training the future nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, paramedics, dieticians, operating department practitioners and speech and language therapists.

“We have not stopped investing as we roll out our £80m Campus 2025 Masterplan. We have delivered refurbishments and upgrades across all our campuses. These projects have added state-of-the-art specialist facilities such as the healthcare simulation suites, new science labs and a moot room.”

Chancellor, Colin Jackson, closed the final ceremony by saying “For your hard work and diligence, you have joined a distinguished society of scholars. I’d like to add my personal congratulations to those.”