On 18 july 2013, the defence academy held the very first few shrivenham campus-wide graduation day.
Regarding the initial time, the prize giving ceremony regarding the academys joint services command & staff school ( jscsc ) advanced command & staff course ( acsc ) and also the school of management & technology ( cmt )’s graduation day were held upon the same day. the latter event was conducted in conjunction with cmts tutorial partner, cranfield university.
262 british and international students successfully completed the year-long acsc, of whom 26 received prizes for exceptional work. the prizes were presented by variety of distinguished guests from trade, kings school london ( the jscscs tutorial partner ) and also the royal united services institute ( rusi ). the chief of defence staffs prize regarding the best student was presented on cdss behalf from the director general of one's defence academy, peter watkins.
The chancellor of cranfield university, baroness young of recent scone, conferred masters degrees on 155 british and international students, doctorates connected to additional 16, and sixty five individual prizes for outstanding work. the disciplines represented included defence acquisition management, defence leadership, military electronic systems engineering and data capability management.
As area of the proceedings, honorary doctorates from cranfield university were conferred on katrina mcfarland, the us assistant secretary of defense ( acquisition ) and steve wadey, government cluster director of mbda uk, for his or her distinguished contributions to actually developing skills in defence acquisition.
The director general of one's defence academy, peter watkins, aforementioned :
The two main ceremonies marked the tip of the year’s study for students within the whole academys 2 largest colleges and provided a awfully visible demonstration of how it's delivering skilled skills for defence and security. the significant range of international students receiving degrees and prizes conjointly demonstrates the academys contribution to actually the international defence engagement strategy. holding each ceremonies upon the same day symbolises how the academys colleges and strategic partners – cranfield university, king’s school london, and serco - are operating along to actually achieve these common objectives.
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