THE first batch of students collecting their degrees attended their University College Worcester graduation ceremony yesterday.

By tomorrow afternoon more than 1,200 degrees will have been awarded to students in a range of disciplines.

More than 1,600 degrees have been awarded by the St John's college this year.

Principal of UCW, Dorma Urwin, said she was thrilled with the number of graduates this year.

"We are again celebrating a record number of students graduating," she said.