Graduation 2021

GRADUATION 2021 - FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER

We’ve been working with your curriculum team to organise your virtual celebration of achievement. These will be much smaller, more intimate events with other students from your class and the wider curriculum area and led by your Curriculum Manager.

You will be sent a MS Teams link before Friday 8 October. 

Times for these events are as follows:

Name of Curriculum	Time
Business, Accounting, Administration, Computing, Travel and Tourism ......................	1pm
Construction Technology and Trades ..............................................................................	1pm
Creative Arts .......................................................................................................................	2pm
Early Years ...........................................................................................................................	2pm
Engineering and Science ...................................................................................................	10am
Hair, Beauty, Complementary Therapies and Make-Up ...................................................	1pm
Health and Social Care .......................................................................................................	12pm
Hospitality ............................................................................................................................	12pm
Music, Sound Production and Performing Arts ...............................................................	11am
Social Sciences ...................................................................................................................	11am
Sports and Fitness (Kilmarnock Students) ...................................................................... Sports and Fitness(Kilwinning Students) ........................................................................	1pm 3pm

 

You will be sent a MS Teams link before Friday 8 October.

ORDER OF EVENTS

- Welcome: Willie MacKie, Chairman, Board of Management
- Fellowship Award: Fiona McQueen, Former Chief Nursing Officer
- Principal’s Address: Carol Turnbull, Principal and Chief Executive
- Student President message: Ellie Jamieson, Student President
- Curriculum Team messages
- Announcement of Awards: Curriculum Manager
- After this there will be a more personalised session and you will be able to catch up with other students.

 

Photography and Gowns

To make your day a little more special, we’re setting up photography studios on each campus, so you’ll have the opportunity to hire a gown and have your photograph taken, either on your own or with your family.

Gowns can be returned immediately after your photographs, or alternatively, you can take them home and return them by post the following week - this means you can wear it to visit friends and family, take your own photographs and enjoy your own celebrations. Return postage will be free.

 

CLOSING DATE

The closing date for booking is Friday 1 October. Once booked, further instructions on how to join the celebration events and details about your gown collection and photographs will be sent to you by email week commencing 4 October.

CELEBRATIONS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

To help you to make the most of your day/evening we have agreed special deals and discounts with some local restaurants for graduates and their families.

We hope you enjoy your celebration lunch or dinner with your family and friends, please share some photos on social media using the hashtag #AyrshireGrads

  

How to book

Please follow the steps below to book a ticket for your celebration event, hire a gown and/or book photography online:

STEP 1: Go to www.edeandravenscroft.com

STEP 2: Click on the ‘Graduation Services’ tab and select ‘Hire or purchase academic dress’.

STEP 3: Type ‘Ayrshire College’ in the ‘Select your institution’ box and click find.

STEP 4: When it has found Ayrshire College, click 'Submit'.

 

Please note - Your ID is not your student ID; it’s your Scottish Candidate Number (SCN) which you will find on your SQA certificate or previous Graduation correspondence from us.

If your SCN number starts with a zero(s), please try the number with and without the zero(s) as in some cases the system removes the zero(s) from the front.

Your email address will just be your most up to date email – this will be used to send you your ticket.

 

STEP 5: Fill in the boxes: ‘ID, Surname and Email’ and Click the ‘Submit’ button

 

STEP 6: The next page will come up with ‘Ceremony details’. Please make sure you have been allocated to the correct campus then click the 'Submit' button. The next page will show your award details (the College you studied at and the level of your award, e.g. HNC). 

STEP 7:  You now have 1 of 3 options to choose from.

1. Attend the virtual celebration event, hire a gown and book photography.

- Select 'Your Ticket'

- Select 'Guest Ticket - Attend celebration event'

- Move to the Gown Hire tab and complete

- Move to the Photography tab and select your time slot from the dropdown menu

 

2. Attend the virtual celebration event only.

- Select 'Your Ticket'

- Select 'Guest Ticket - Attend celebration event'

 

3. Hire a gown and book photography without attending the virtual celebration event.

- Select 'Your Ticket'

- DO NOT select 'Guest Ticket'

- Move to the Gown Hire tab and complete

- Move to the Photography tab and select your time slot from the dropdown menu

 

You can hire a gown and take your own photos. You don’t need to order the studio photos.

 

STEP 8: You will then be asked to create your account so that you can log in and out of the site at any time.

 

If you have any problems with this process email events@ayrshire.ac.uk

 

RESTAURANT DEALS

Click here to keep up to date with the restaurant deals that will be available for Graduation 2021