WINCHESTER has been a hive of activity this week as students graduated with ceremonies taking place at Winchester Cathedral. 

Today was the final day of graduation ceremonies for the University of Winchester students. 

Through the sea of caps and gowns, thousands of students from various courses came together to celebrate this milestone.

Today’s students included those from acting, journalism, film studies, theatre production and more. Those from crime, law, business and other courses had their turns the last couple of days.

Musical theatre graduate Linn Bagge-Skarheim, 22, from Norway, said: “I enjoyed the graduation, it was really nice, it wasn’t as long as I feared it to be, as I heard seven hours and thought oh no, but it was like an hour or so.

“It was really lovely seeing all the people and my course mates, and seeing how everyone dressed up.” 

Another musical theatre graduate, Brage Kindem, 22, Norway, said: “It has been a very fun experience (the course) and in a different country as well, it has been very exciting. I made lots of great friends and it has been very educating."

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Brage KindemBrage Kindem (Image: Alexandra Stapleton) Chisato Inoue, 23, from Japan, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours with a first in Theatre Production. She said: “I enjoyed the ceremony, it was very beautiful in the cathedral, it was very good.” 

Friends Ellie Bell, 22, from Essex and Kortney King, 22, from Southampton, were both celebrating finishing their acting degrees.

“I’d give my course a 9 out of 10, a perfect score,” said Ellie.

Kortney added: “It was brilliant (the course).” 

“It was beautiful (the ceremony), everyone was so happy and excited, and it was just really lovely,” Kortney added. “It was lovely, I had a great time, and I was smiling the entire time,” said Ellie.

Kortney King and Ellie Bell Kortney King and Ellie Bell (Image: Alexandra Stapleton) Film production graduates Ollie Trowern, 23, from Salisbury, Nathan Bloor, 23, from Cambridgeshire, Ben Dunks, 22, from Whitchurch, and Benjamin Phillips, 22, from Abercan, were recently awarded ‘Best Ensemble Acting’ at the ‘International Film Festival Manhattan’ for their short film ‘Children of the Valley’. 

Film and screenwriting graduate Shona Collins, 23, Burnham, told us how she “enjoyed her course” same with the guys, with one of them saying “It was really good,” “a lot of hard work, a lot of stress but it paid off in the end.”

  • This article was written by Alexandra Stapleton, from the University of Winchester