HUNDREDS of students, as well as some famous faces, have been celebrating their graduations from Bradford College.

Two days of graduation ceremonies began today with the first of five ceremonies at St George's Hall, followed by receptions at the Great Victoria Hotel.

And three people with links to the city were awarded honorary fellowships of the college - TV weatherman Paul Hudson, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Dr Ingrid Roscoe and Bishop of Leeds Nick Baines.

They joined students from the colleges schools of media, beauty therapy, film, and teaching health and care.

On social media many of the students were uploading photos of themselves in their graduation gowns under the hashtag #Bradgrad14, and the ceremonies were broadcast live on the large screen in City Park.

With many students at the college coming from abroad, the event attracted visitors from across the world, as families flew in to see their sons and daughters graduating.

Dr Roscoe became the first female Lord-Lieutenant in the north of England in 2004, having served as a Deputy and then Vice Lord-Lieutenant for the previous decade.

The Right Reverend Nick Baines, well known for his blogging, is the former Bishop of Bradford and became Anglican Bishop for the newly-formed Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales earlier this year.

BBC Weatherman Paul Hudson was born and raised in Keighley, and his expertise in weather from a young age led to him getting a regular column in the Telegraph & Argus and its sister paper the Keighley News. He is also a season ticket holder at Bradford City.

He spoke at the first event, telling graduates the important of finding a career that they enjoy, rather than just looking at the pay.

As predicted, the day was overcast with some drizzle, but mostly stayed dry for graduates.

Speaking after he was given the honorary fellowship, he said: "It's a big honour, and it is really nice because other than my degree it is the first time I've been given an honour like this. The thrust of the speech I gave was to make sure you do something you're interested in. You have to think that you will be doing it for 40 years, so if it's something that doesn't interest you you are not going to be successful.

"The world we live in is very money driven and money obsessed, but it is important to choose something you're passionate about rather than doing it for money."

Tomorrow, students in the schools of business and law, computing, construction and engineering, sport, travel and tourism, public services and ophthalmic dispensing will graduate, and honorary fellows will be made of Paul Mackie, businessman and president of Bradford Chamber, and Khalid Al-Hamar, businessman and former naval officers who has helped the college attract hundreds of students to the college from Qatar.

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