The University of East Anglia has banned the tradition of throwing mortarboards at the end of this year's graduation over health and safety fears. But the HSE says the decision is 'over-the-top'.
The University of East Anglia which has been criticised by the Health and Safety Executive for stopping its students this year from throwing mortarboards into the air at their graduation ceremonies, says it is only for large groups of students.
The HSE had said the ban was 'over-the-top' and that the chance of being injured by the throwing of mortarboards was 'incredibly small'.
Now the UEA says that small individual groups can go away and photograph themselves throwing the traditional hats, but is 'discouraging' very large groups from carrying out the tradition.
Watch more reaction from the UEA's Neil Ward who is reacting to criticism from the HSE.
The Managing Director of 'Graduation Attire Ltd' in Bedford told ITV News Anglia that there have been people in the past hurt at graduation ceremonies.
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