Please submit your reply by Friday 9th October. We hope you can join us to collect your award. If you have problems viewing this email please click here to view it as a web page. "Thank you for making the Graduation such a special day for me and my family" Previous Attendee The Chartered Banker Institute Graduation Ceremonies 2015 Edinburgh - Saturday 14th November London - Wednesday 2nd December Dear {~Known_As~} Congratulations on your completion of the {~Qualification~} in the last academic year. The Council of the Institute has great pleasure in inviting you to attend one of our 2015 Graduation Ceremonies so that we can publicly recognise your achievement. Graduation is one of the most historic and prestigious occasions in our annual events calendar, providing occasion to formally recognise the achievements of our new Chartered Bankers, Associate Chartered Bankers, Diploma & Certificate Awardees, Prizewinners, Fellows and Honorary Fellows. Our main 2015 ceremony will take place on the morning of Saturday 14th November at the St Paul's and St George's Church Edinburgh. This year, we are again holding an awards ceremony for those in the London area that cannot make it to Edinburgh for the main Graduation. This will be an evening event on Wednesday 2ndDecember, held at RBS, 280 Bishopsgate, London. Guests Edinburgh We will try to accommodate up to 2 guest tickets per Graduand in Edinburgh. Please request extra tickets if you desire. Extra places are not guaranteed but we hope to be able to accept them at a later date. We will aim to confirm extra guest tickets in October. London We very much hope to be able to welcome your guests in London but we cannot guarantee any guest places upon your initial booking. Please do request guest tickets as desired and we will aim to confirm whether we can accommodate everyone by the end of October. Schedule Edinburgh Please submit your reply by Friday 9th October. We hope you can join us to collect your award. If you have problems viewing this email please click here to view it as a web page. The ceremony will commence at 11.00am, following the organ recital at 10.30am. Award recipients are required to arrive and register between 9.30am and 10.15am and be seated by 10.40am. The ceremony will probably last about an hour, after which, we would be delighted if you and your guests would join us for a celebratory drink. London The Awards Ceremony will start at 7pm after registration from 5.30pm - 6.30pm. The ceremony should take about an hour and we welcome all guests to a drinks reception afterwards. Dress Dress for both Edinburgh and London will be semi-formal (lounge suit/afternoon dress). Highland Dress or other National Costume is also acceptable. As a Certificate/Diploma Awardee you are NOT required to hire academic robes. Institute robes will be worn by those graduating as Chartered Bankers and Fellows at the Glasgow ceremony only. Photography Edinburgh & London Ede & Ravenscroft will be available at both the Edinburgh and London ceremonies to take studio photographs. These are best pre-booked. For more information on graduation photography or to place a photograph order visit www.edeandravenscroft.com or contact Ede & Ravenscroft on 01223 861854. R.S.V.P Please reply to this invitation by logging in to My Institute. Once signed in, you will find the electronic reply form. It’s very easy to reply, you just need to know answers to the following in advance: I wish to attend one of the Graduation 2015 ceremonies - Yes/No Which ceremony would you like to attend? – Edinburgh/London How many guests would you like to bring? I/We will attend the drinks reception after the ceremony Yes/No Your reply must be completed by Friday 9th October. You can only attend one ceremony so you must decide whether Edinburgh or London is more suitable for you. On behalf of the Institute, I would be delighted if you are able to join us at one of our 2015 ceremonies to collect your award. Yours sincerely Colin A Morrison Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Education Chartered Banker Institute Important If you indicate to us that you would like to attend, you will receive a final email with briefing details one week before the ceremony takes place. If you have not received this by Friday 6th November, please contact us immediately by email Caitlyn@charteredbanker.com or on 0131 473 7777. Anyone who arrives at Graduation but is not on listed on our records as attending will NOT be able to take part in the ceremony. Please submit your reply by Friday 9th October. We hope you can join us to collect your award. If you have problems viewing this email please click here to view it as a web page. Anyone with an outstanding balance on their account consisting of fees due from the last academic year will need to clear this balance before the date of Graduation. You will NOT be allowed to graduate in person or in absentia if you do not clear this balance. "Thank you for organising a first rate ceremony" Previous Attendee This is a system generated email, please do not reply directly. Our contact details are below. Chartered Banker Institute, Drumsheugh House, 38b Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 7SW Tel: 0131 473 7777 Fax: 0131 473 7788 Email: info@charteredbanker.com www.charteredbanker.com Chartered Banker Institute is a trading name of The Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland: Charitable Body No SC013927 -Click this link to unsubscribe. {~id=P10104149640020&languageCode=en_GB.ISO8859-15~}