This is Commemoration Day at Glasgow University and Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, the university’s Chancellor, will be presiding over an honorary graduation ceremony at which the international student ...

Why should African graduates be honoured with a Latin song when the continent has plenty of its own music and ways of celebrating? Direct Relief/Flickr If you have attended a university graduation ...

‘Gaudeamus Igitur’ – “therefore let us rejoice”– is rooted in Latin as the language of scholarship at institutions and not designed with African realities in mind. There is nothing inherently wrong ...

April and May are graduation seasons across Namibian universities. The familiar rhythms of academic ceremony echoes through halls and auditoriums. Gowns are worn, degrees are conferred, and families ...

If you have attended a university graduation ceremony, or even just watched one in a movie, you will recognise Gaudeamus igitur. This Latin song has become the default graduation march around the ...