Focus on HSC band six results creating a'perverse incentive',experts say
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Focus on HSC band six results creating a'perverse incentive',experts say

Education heavyweights have called for more information about HSC results to be released,saying the current public data pushes students into lower-level subjects.

  • byJordan Baker

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‘I’m scared it’ll go away if I say it’:Meet the students who got a 99.95 ATAR

‘I’m scared it’ll go away if I say it’:Meet the students who got a 99.95 ATAR

Akina Li trembled with anxiety on Friday as she counted down the minutes and seconds until her ATAR appeared on the screen. She was one of 48 students to receive 99.95 after a tumultuous year.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos,Anna Patty,Pallavi Singhal andWendy John
‘Pretty good’:After a sleepless night,Flynn wakes to six band sixes

‘Pretty good’:After a sleepless night,Flynn wakes to six band sixes

Flynn’s restless thoughts were put at ease at 6am Friday,when about 76,000 students received their Higher School Certificate marks online or through text message.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andAnna Patty
'Onwards and upwards':Iconic Australian artist's gift for HSC graduating class

'Onwards and upwards':Iconic Australian artist's gift for HSC graduating class

Some 68,673 students will be mailed their formal HSC credentials and a piece of artwork by iconic Australian artist Reg Mombassa in the signature style of his Mambo designs.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
High school graduates want face-to-face campus life as unis prepare for 2021

High school graduates want face-to-face campus life as unis prepare for 2021

Survey data from Year13,an organisation which helps students with post-school choices,shows 65 per cent of school-leavers want face-to-face education at uni and just 1 per cent want to learn online.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
'Just have to make the most of it:'Upended schoolies descend on Byron Bay

'Just have to make the most of it:'Upended schoolies descend on Byron Bay

The pandemic may have forced plans to change,but that hasn't stopped the class of 2020 from celebrating in style.

  • byMatt Dennien
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Daphne's formal dress hung on her wall while she self-isolated. This month she finally got to wear it

Daphne's formal dress hung on her wall while she self-isolated. This month she finally got to wear it

The Class of 2020 endured a year of uncertainty – now,they've celebrated at COVID-safe formals across Sydney.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJanie Barrett
70,000 students put a difficult year behind them as HSC ends

70,000 students put a difficult year behind them as HSC ends

The principal of the state's largest year 12 cohort faced a"mammoth"task:preparing 30 back-up HSC venues for 450 students.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
First English exam passes the test:In a year of COVID-19,year 12 given no further curve-balls

First English exam passes the test:In a year of COVID-19,year 12 given no further curve-balls

Students were bracing for a challenge,after unexpected essay questions in last year's English exam threw year 12 off their game. But this year's exam has so far been warmly received.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Crunch time is over:HSC exams begin after the'most uncertain year'

Crunch time is over:HSC exams begin after the'most uncertain year'

After a year filled with more stress and uncertainty than most,experts are reminding year 12 students to look after their wellbeing and remain focused on the bigger picture.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Exam halls cleaned,hand sanitiser at the ready as HSC week begins

Exam halls cleaned,hand sanitiser at the ready as HSC week begins

All measures are in place to ensure the written exam period runs smoothly for the 76,000 students sitting tests from Tuesday,says NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos