Academic Dress Of The University Of Nottingham
In addition to the dress listed below, further colour and splendour is brought to occasions where formal academic dress is worn by the gold trimmed gowns and hats of the senior University officers (the Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellors, the Vice-Chancellor and the Pro-Vice-Chancellors.)
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