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Regulations
governing
academic =
dress
Under Standing=20
Orders (1998), the Governing Body of the College authorised the =
Principal to=20
make regulations relating to academic dress in the College. The =
Principal has=20
made the following regulations to replace the existing =
regulations.
1. =
Graduates of the=20
College shall wear robes, gowns, and hoods of the colours, materials, =
and=20
shapes as shall be from time to time prescribed by the University of=20
Durham.
2. The Rector, Honorary Fellows and Foundation Fellows =
of the=20
College shall wear robes and/or gowns of the colours, materials, and =
shapes as=20
shall be from time to time prescribed by the College under regulations =
approved by the Principal after consultation with College Fellows (see =
description below).
3. All=20
students must acquire the appropriate gown upon arrival in College. =
Gowns are=20
worn as announced: i.e., to College Congregations, Matriculation, =
Formal Hall,=20
some chapel services, academic processions, and occasionally to events =
and=20
services in the University, the Cathedral and elsewhere.
4. = Students and staff of=20 the College who are graduates of other universities may (if they so = wish) wear=20 the appropriate academic dress of their other university on any = College=20 occasion on which they would be required to wear academic dress = (except when=20 they are at Congregation to receive a Durham degree = themselves).
5. = Academic dress must be=20 worn for:
(a) = Matriculation
(b)=20 College Congregation
(c) Installation of Associates, Fellows and = Honorary=20 Fellows
(d) Installation of the Rector, Chair of the Governing = Body, the=20 Principal or other College Officer
(e) Formal Visitation by the = College=20 Visitor
(f) Any ceremony or occasion when there is an academic=20 procession
(g) As announced for formal=20 photographs
6. At = Matriculation and=20 Congregation, and at the other occasions listed in n. 5 above, all = students=20 and graduate staff of the College are required to wear = academic dress=20 and may wear subfusc clothing, formal attire, or smart dress. = Subfusc clothing is as follows:
Men. A = dark suit and=20 socks, black shoes, a white bow tie, and plain white shirt and = collar.=20 National dress may be substituted.
Women. A dark skirt or = trousers, a=20 white blouse, black tie, black stockings and shoes, and, if desired, = a dark=20 coat. National dress may be substituted
Candidates serving in = HM=20 Forces are permitted to wear uniform together with a gown. (The = uniform cap=20 is worn in the street and carried when indoors.)
The above = should be=20 used as guidelines: the key is that the dress of men and women = should be=20 such as might be appropriate for formal = occasions.
7. =
Students
8. Students and staff =
9. = Non-graduate guests to=20 High Table or guests invited to take a formal part in a formal College = ceremony may wear a Scholar's Gown.
10. = Following the current=20 practice in the University, undergraduates do not wear any academic = headdress=20 to University Matriculation or Congregation. Undergraduates do = not wear=20 bands except when graduating (when they are optional).
11. The general rules for = head-wear are:=20 wear when standing or walking (i.e., in procession, when speaking at a = ceremony, or when going to receive an award), except when the Anthem = is=20 played. Remove when seated, except in the case of the one who = presides, who=20 wears cap at all times except during the playing of the Anthem and = during=20 prayer.
12. The =
Principal,=20
Vice-Principal and Senior Tutor shall have power, on request, to grant =
dispensation from any of these regulations to any person who in their =
opinion=20
has reasonable grounds for seeking such dispensation. =
These=20
regulations shall be deposited in the College =
Archives.
Description of the academic =
dress of=20
the Rector, Governors, College Officers, Fellows and Honorary Fellows, =
staff=20
and students of St Chad's College
13. The Rector shall wear a = full-sleeved gown of=20 black figured silk brocade, with a two inch gold trim, and optionally = over a=20 red habit or red scapular. The cap is a mortar-board with black = tassel. =20 Click to see = diagram of=20 Rector's gown.
14. The academic dress of graduate = members of the=20 Governing Body is the cap, gown and hood of their degrees from the = granting=20 university or a black mortar-board and gown = (similar=20 to the Durham scholar's gown). Non-graduate members of the Governing = Body may=20 wear the scholar's gown, but with no hood or cap.
15. The Principal, the Fellows and = graduate staff=20 members of the College shall wear the cap, gown and hood appropriate = to their=20 highest degrees.
16. Non-graduate academic-related = members of=20 College staff may wear a scholar's gown, but with no hood or = cap. =20
17. Postgraduates generally wear the =
cap, gown, and=20
hood of the university from which they received their highest degree, =
but they=20
are free to wear the academic dress corresponding to any of their =
degrees=20
or a black gown (similar to the Durham BA or =
MA=20
gown), with or without their own hood and cap.![3D"Sketch](3D"http://www.dur.ac.uk/StChads/gown.jpg")
18. Foundation Fellows and Honorary = Fellows of the=20 College (whether graduate or not) wear the gown and hood of their = degrees from=20 the granting university or a black = mortar-board and=20 black gown (similar to the Durham scholar's gown) with sleeves = bordered with=20 college green. The College Visitor, though not a member of = College, may=20 nonetheless wear the same gown as Honorary Fellows of the = College.
19. On = formal occasions,=20 ordained members of College who are in communion with the Church of = England=20 may wear the convocation garb of the Church of England. Other clergy = may wear=20 clerical garb, as appropriate.
20. Associates of St Chad's College and = former=20 members of College holding a Diploma in Theology are entitled to wear = the=20 College's hood. The hood is of the Durham BCL pattern, in black stuff, = the=20 cowl faced inside with 2" college green.
21. Undergraduates wear the College = undergraduate=20 gown (see diagram on right), which is the same as the University of = Durham=20 undergraduate gown, except for the addition of a college green twisted = cord=20 (approx. 5 in long), held by two black buttons on each of the bottom = vent=20 edges of the sleeves. The Senior Man and the MCR President may wear a=20 full-length scholar's gown (University of Durham style) with facings = of=20 college green. Organ Scholars and Horsfall Scholars are also entitled = to wear=20 full-length scholar's gowns.
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22. College colours: Undergraduates may wear the =
college=20
green undergraduate tie; graduates of the College and current =
postgraduate=20
members of the College may wear the College's blue graduate=20
tie.