More than 3,000 Teesside University graduates are this week celebrating their success during the annual academic awards. A total of 13 ceremonies are being held on the university campus all this week, celebrating achievements at all levels, from Certificates of Higher Education, through to PhDs across a wide variety of courses. Here we highlight the success of some of the graduates as they explain what gaining a degree from Teesside University means to them
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