Sadly, each year former, and sometimes current, students and staff of the University die, occasionally in tragic circumstances.

For staff, the University may have been the place where they spent many years, and colleagues who are left want to recognize their contribution to the University community and feel they are not forgotten. Their family, too, may wish to remember the connection their loved one had with the University.

For students, the University is often the common link between them: wherever they have come from or moved on to, their time at the University is what binds them together.

The death of a current student or member of staff highlights the importance of a place where friends and colleagues can go to mourn their loss and remember the person who has died.

• Who can be remembered?

Anyone – staff or student - who has been a member of the University community at any time, may be remembered in any of the three ways detailed below.

• Who can remember?       

Anyone may ask for a name to be entered in the Book of Remembrance or for a plaque to be placed in the Garden, although we ask that prior agreement for these options is always obtained from the immediate family of the deceased.

• How to remember?

There are three ways to remember those who have died, each detailed below. You may wish to choose one or more options.

 Book of Remembrance, which has been made specifically for the purpose, is kept in a display case in the Chaplaincy Quiet Room, which itself offers a place for quiet reflection. The names and details of the person who has died are entered in the Book by a calligrapher in the order in which they are requested. Each week, a different page in the Book is displayed. Although the display case is locked, the Book can be opened at a particular page and viewed by arrangement with the Chaplaincy if family or friends wish.

2)    Plaque*

An inscribed plaque of standard colour, size and lettering as agreed by the University can be     placed on the designated wall in the Garden of Remembrance. The University will be responsible for providing the plaque and arranging for its engraving and placement.

* If you are not the next of kin, but would like to remember a friend or colleague by having an entry in     the Book of Remembrance or a plaque in the Garden, please discuss this with the next of kin before completing the request form. On receipt of this form, the University will contact the next of kin to confirm their agreement before the entry/plaque is commissioned. It would help us if you could include the name and address of the next of kin for this purpose.

 

3)    Donation

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If you have any other queries or questions, please contact the Chaplaincy Office,  Tel: 01509 223741.

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