Students battled the blustery weather to receive their degrees at Southampton’s Guildhall.

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But the harsh winds weren’t going to knock the smiles off the Southampton Solent University graduates celebrating the end of their journey.

Throughout the course of the week more than 2,500 students are set to be handed their degrees and take the next step in their chosen career.

Along with the student’s former graduate and managing director of Cloud UKI Kevin Kimber was presented with the honorary degree of Master of Business Administration.

Mr Kimber graduate from Solent in 2000 he has launched and scaled his Cloud software businesses across the globe.

Addressing the students he said: “The biggest thing the University taught me was the focus around pushing your horizons.

“It’s a fantastic time to be graduating and there are huge amounts of opportunity within the market place.

“There are great careers out there to be had, just make sure it’s something you really want to do.”

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