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| University of East Anglia bans mortarboard throwing | University of East Anglia bans mortarboard throwing |
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| University students have been banned from throwing their mortarboards in the air due to health and safety concerns. | University students have been banned from throwing their mortarboards in the air due to health and safety concerns. |
| Some graduates at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich have been hurt by falling hats in recent years, student newspaper The Tab reported. | Some graduates at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich have been hurt by falling hats in recent years, student newspaper The Tab reported. |
| Students have been urged to mime the throwing action instead, and have hats added digitally to the photo after. | Students have been urged to mime the throwing action instead, and have hats added digitally to the photo after. |
| A university spokeswoman said injuries caused by falling mortarboards posed an "unacceptable risk". | A university spokeswoman said injuries caused by falling mortarboards posed an "unacceptable risk". |
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| "We want to ensure no student's graduation day is ruined by the potential for avoidable injury," she said. | "We want to ensure no student's graduation day is ruined by the potential for avoidable injury," she said. |
| "This has been agreed by our academic dress suppliers who often receive back damaged mortarboards, and our photographers." | "This has been agreed by our academic dress suppliers who often receive back damaged mortarboards, and our photographers." |
| Mortarboard myths | |
| The Tab reported third and fourth-year students had been sent instructions from a photography company telling them hats could be added to the photo digitally for £8. | The Tab reported third and fourth-year students had been sent instructions from a photography company telling them hats could be added to the photo digitally for £8. |
| Louisa Baldwin, the Law Society president at UEA, told the newspaper: "If I've paid £45 to hire a bit of cloth and card for the day I should be able to chuck my hat in the air!" | Louisa Baldwin, the Law Society president at UEA, told the newspaper: "If I've paid £45 to hire a bit of cloth and card for the day I should be able to chuck my hat in the air!" |
| Another student, Alice Cachia, said: "This is health and safety gone mad." | |
| The Health and Safety Executive said the chance of being injured by a flying mortar board is "incredibly small". | |
| "When the concern is actually about the hats being returned in good condition, it's time to stop blaming health and safety," the organisation said. |