Hello All,

Ok this might seem stupid, but again i need your help.
I will graduate on the 15 of July (the date of the ceremony), do I have to invite my supervisor to attend the ceremony? I mean is it impolite not to do so ? in my country all teachers must attend the ceremony, but am not sure about here in UK, please help I feel so embarrassed :$

I would let your supervisor know that you intend to graduate in person and add a friendly will I see you there question at the end of the email. When I graduated with my PhD, it was in a ceremony for all the PhDs from all over the university, so only supervisors attended (they couldn't have fitted all the university staff in the hall!) But I remember, my supervisor saying about another student that she'd no idea whether she was graduating or not, so she didn't know if she needed to attend or not, so I think the supervisors aren't told unless you do it. Your university might do things completely differently of course...