A COLLEGE has celebrated its biggest ever graduation ceremony with more than 400 students collecting their higher education qualifications.

New College Durham held four graduation ceremonies this month for students from more than 45 programmes.

Awards were presented to the graduates by guest speaker Dr Simon Goon, managing director of Business Durham.

College principal John Widdowson, said: “This was a significant ceremony for the college, as we congratulated our students on successfully gaining their awards, with many graduating from our new higher apprenticeship programmes.

“We wish all our students who have graduated every success for the future, and we hope their success inspires others to study at degree level”.