{"id":390,"date":"2020-01-02T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/?p=390"},"modified":"2020-01-02T16:46:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:46:29","slug":"celebrating-graduation-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/2020\/01\/02\/celebrating-graduation-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating graduation success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Holly Foss, Director of Education, BCRRE, comments on our new MSc graduates who celebrated their success at this December&#8217;s graduation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-392\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-392\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/01\/December-2019-graduation-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"December 2019 graduation\" width=\"204\" height=\"272\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">December 2019 graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On 12 December 2019, 25 of our students graduated from their degrees in Railway Systems Engineering and Integration and in Railway Safety and Control Systems at the University of Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>After a year of intense hard work for our full-time graduates &#8211; and many more for our part-time graduates &#8211; the graduation ceremony marked a key celebration highlight the accomplishment of an MSc degree.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of his time studying at BCRRE, Tanapon Win, now a PhD student at the University of Birmingham, confirms, \u201cWith all the hospitality that you all had provided, I am proud to be one of the alumni in the BCRRE family\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Clifford Leung, who has returned to Hong Kong following his MSc degree, says, \u201cThis course is highly recommended. It is tougher that I imagined but it is absolutely worthy for all railway professionals, even for beginners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our graduates now take the next step in their careers, with many returning to work with enhanced knowledge and experience to lead across the industry, and others continuing to doctoral study.<\/p>\n<p>As a renowned programme worldwide, these graduates join a large world-wide cohort of over 500 alumni in railways from the University of Birmingham. Our alumni are based across all corners of the globe from China and Singapore, to Australia, from the United States and Peru, to Denmark, and from Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-391 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/01\/MSc-graduates-Dec-19-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the MSc graduates\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/01\/MSc-graduates-Dec-19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/01\/MSc-graduates-Dec-19-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/01\/MSc-graduates-Dec-19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/01\/MSc-graduates-Dec-19-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/01\/MSc-graduates-Dec-19-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bcrre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/01\/MSc-graduates-Dec-19-250x188.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of MSc graduates pose for a picture. Taken outside the Elgar Concert Hall in the Bramall Building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are delighted to offer our wholehearted congratulations to our 2019 graduates and wish them all the very best for their bright futures in the rail industry.<\/p>\n<p>We love hearing from our alumni and you can keep in touch with BCRRE via our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/35488292\">LinkedIN page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Holly Foss, Director of Education, BCRRE, comments on our new MSc graduates who celebrated their success at this December&#8217;s graduation. On 12 December 2019, 25 of our students graduated from their degrees in Railway Systems Engineering and Integration and in Railway Safety and Control Systems at the University of Birmingham. 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