{"id":15104,"date":"2025-10-08T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/?p=15104"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:35:46","slug":"global-graduations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/2025\/10\/08\/global-graduations\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Graduations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px\">Summer 2025 has been filled with the joy of graduations, from here in the UK to Malaysia. As we welcome our newest graduates into our alumni community, we take a moment to look back on these well-deserved celebrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15106 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-08-18T120409.928-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Graduates smiling\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-08-18T120409.928-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-08-18T120409.928-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-08-18T120409.928-370x231.jpg 370w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-08-18T120409.928-270x168.jpg 270w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-08-18T120409.928-570x355.jpg 570w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-08-18T120409.928-740x461.jpg 740w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-08-18T120409.928.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Congratulations to our newest graduates who have joined our global alumni community. We are thrilled to have you here. Our hearts are full after watching so many of our students graduate \u2013 revelling in well-deserved success, sharing smiles and hugs with friends, families and peers.<\/p>\n<p>You can view our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=UniofReadingAlumni&amp;set=a.1605692874080137\">Facebook album of graduation photos here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing about your successes as you embark on your journeys, and we hope that you will share your stories, challenges and achievements with us in the future. Once Reading, Always Reading.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Once Reading, always Reading\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vie9Vb9A1EY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><strong>One global family<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In August 2025 the University of Reading Malaysia celebrated their graduations for over 120 students. UK-based members of staff from the University were delighted to join in the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15111 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145911.210-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Baylon speaking at graduation in Malaysia\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145911.210-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145911.210-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145911.210-370x231.jpg 370w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145911.210-270x168.jpg 270w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145911.210-570x355.jpg 570w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145911.210-740x461.jpg 740w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145911.210.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dr Caroline Baylon, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), highlighted the ties between our global campuses. In particular, the significance of the timing, with next year marking both Reading\u2019s centenary and the Malaysia campus\u2019 10-year anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Baylon told graduates that they were:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cinheritors of that decade-long, and that century-long, legacy of excellence, innovation and impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15110 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145936.227-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Graduates in Malaysia\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145936.227-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145936.227-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145936.227-370x231.jpg 370w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145936.227-270x168.jpg 270w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145936.227-570x355.jpg 570w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145936.227-740x461.jpg 740w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/connected\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Body-Image-770-x-480-2025-10-06T145936.227.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This summer\u2019s graduation concludes a strong year for our Malaysia campus which opened in 2016 in Educity, Iskandar, and welcomed its first intake of 150 students. Now, 10 years later, led by Professor May Tan Mullins, Provost and Associate-Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement \u2013 ASEAN), the campus has recorded its highest ever number of student enrolments with 950 in 2024\/25.<\/p>\n<p>Our Malaysia campus offers undergraduate degrees in business, law, built environment and psychology, as well as pre-sessional English, international foundation programmes and doctoral programmes.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Stay connected<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We hope that wherever you are in the world, you will keep in touch with the University of Reading after graduation \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:alumni@reading.ac.uk\">email us<\/a> your story, <a href=\"https:\/\/eml-peur01.app.blackbaud.net\/intv2\/j\/76D9BFCE-DDD4-4E8D-B14B-C85A707704C6\/r\/76D9BFCE-DDD4-4E8D-B14B-C85A707704C6_8fbc8b97-87cd-4d2e-9b26-ca960f9587d1\/l\/1D2129AC-06AF-4FCA-8E71-0BA691470E94\/c\">join our LinkedIn community<\/a>, or follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eml-peur01.app.blackbaud.net\/intv2\/j\/76D9BFCE-DDD4-4E8D-B14B-C85A707704C6\/r\/76D9BFCE-DDD4-4E8D-B14B-C85A707704C6_8fbc8b97-87cd-4d2e-9b26-ca960f9587d1\/l\/8FC2E4E5-0D0E-4122-B5B5-B4E7291E6613\/c\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eml-peur01.app.blackbaud.net\/intv2\/j\/76D9BFCE-DDD4-4E8D-B14B-C85A707704C6\/r\/76D9BFCE-DDD4-4E8D-B14B-C85A707704C6_8fbc8b97-87cd-4d2e-9b26-ca960f9587d1\/l\/00431F34-9520-489B-98A9-C66C9D132C88\/c\">(X) Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/eml-peur01.app.blackbaud.net\/intv2\/j\/76D9BFCE-DDD4-4E8D-B14B-C85A707704C6\/r\/76D9BFCE-DDD4-4E8D-B14B-C85A707704C6_8fbc8b97-87cd-4d2e-9b26-ca960f9587d1\/l\/B27AC477-197C-4835-BA55-3CE90C68E188\/c\">Instagram<\/a> to keep up-to-date with alumni and university news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer 2025 has been filled with the joy of graduations, from here in the UK to Malaysia. 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