Around 185 Exeter College Higher Education students will don their caps and gowns on Friday 25th October and take to the streets to process through the city for their Graduation Ceremony, which is being held at Exeter Cathedral at 3.00pm.

With the Cathedral providing the stunning backdrop to the formal ceremony, the College's largest cohort of graduates to date will be joined by over 750 guests to celebrate their achievements at this spectacular event, including the Lord Mayor, representatives of Exeter College and its Board of Governors, VIPs from Devon's schools, colleges, business and community partners and the graduates' families and friends.

The guest speaker will be Matthew Coffey, National Director, Further Education and Skills and Regional Director South East Ofsted, and former student of the College. Also attending the ceremony will be senior representatives from the College's partner Universities of Exeter, Plymouth, Kingston and St Mark and St John as well as the Edexcel and City and Guilds awarding bodies who, along with the Principal, Richard Atkins, will officially acknowledge the graduates of 2013.

The students, of all ages and from all over Devon and the South West, will be awarded qualifications ranging from BA to Foundation Degrees, HNCs and HNDs in a range of subjects offered at the College. Exeter College's Higher Education provision includes Business Management, Health and Social Care, Performance Production, Graphic Communication, Sports Therapy, Early Years, Engineering and Construction, amongst others.

Speaking of the ceremony, Exeter College Principal, Richard Atkins, praised the graduating students saying “I am delighted that we are celebrating the graduation of our highest number of university level students to date. We are very proud of our university level courses at the College which, in partnership with the universities and awarding bodies, provide exciting and challenging experiences to a range of students each year. Many of our students are juggling work and home commitments with their academic studies and this prestigious occasion, our sixth Ceremony at the Cathedral, truly reflects their achievements. I am also pleased that this year's success is set to continue with increased number of students choosing the excellent range of excellent higher education courses at the College each year.”

Julie Skinner, Assistant Principal who oversees the university level provision said “This is one of the highlights of our year for our university level students and I am delighted that we have our largest cohort celebrating this special occasion with colleagues, families and friends. The day marks many individual successes such as Mary Pearson, our graduate who has been selected for the Academic Partnership Prize from the University of Plymouth, to our group of Post Graduate Certificate in Education students who have recorded 100% employment as well as 100% success rate for this course. We wish all our graduates all the best in their future.”