Board of Studies NSW Media releases
HSC one-stop online study shop hits top 40
27 June 2008
HSC students, teachers and librarians have viewed more than 185,000 pages of information via the Board of Studies new Students Online website - less than one month after it was launched. Read the full media release.
HSC students flock to one-stop study shop!
25 June 2008
Seventeen year old Ashlee Walker of Beverly Hills Girls High School in Sydney's south was named the 1000th student to log on to the Board of Studies new Students Online website. Read the full media release.
New HSC one-stop online study shop
4 June 2008
NSW Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, will today (June 4) launch a one-stop online study shop for Higher School Certificate students - the first of its kind in Australia. Read the full media release.
New Website for HSC Students
4 June 2008
Higher School Certificate students have access to a new, highly functional and user-friendly web site following the launch today of Students Online – a one-stop shop for HSC resources and first of its kind in Australia. Read the full media release.
Proposed improvements to Higher School Certificate exams
21 May 2008
NSW Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, said today community consultation would be sought from next month on proposed improvements to Higher School Certificate examinations. Read the full media release.
Strengthening Australian literature in NSW schools
19 May 2008
Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, has announced a plan by the Iemma Government to ensure every NSW student studies more Australian books, poems and plays will soon be open to comment by teachers and education groups. Read the full media release.
2008 HSC examination timetable released today
1 May 2008
NSW Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, has announced the timetable for the 2008 Higher School Certificate examination will be made available to students, parents and teachers from 1 May. Read the full media release.
Tougher measures prevent cheating in the HSC
30 April 2008
The NSW Board of Studies will this week send all NSW schools a short statement on the academic honesty expected of their senior students. Read the full media release.
Outstanding HSC Designs come to Griffith
3 March 2008
The President of the Board of Studies, Professor Gordon Stanley, today said the Higher School Certificate exhibition of some of the State’s best young designers would be staged in Griffith this month. Read the full media release.
Remarkable students battle hardship and illness to earn their HSC
28 February 2008
NSW Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, has today (28 February) presented special awards and paid tribute to two students who have battled tremendous hardship and severe illness during their HSC. Read the full media release.
New guide to make child learning as easy as ABC for parents
6 February 2008
NSW Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, has launched a new guide to make it easier for parents to follow their children’s education and progress through their primary school years. Read the full media release.
HSC results are in … what now?
20 December 2007
Following the release of HSC exam results yesterday, NSW Year 12 students can discover their University Admissions Index number today, via the Universities Admission Centre website (www.uac.edu.au) from 9am.Read the full media release.
2007 NSW HSC: Record high achievers and a solid result overall
19 December 2007
NSW Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, has congratulated more than 66,000 students who are today learning their 2007 Higher School Certificate results.Read the full media release.
2007 School Certificate results issued today
10 December 2007
NSW Year 10 students have performed strongly in this year’s mandatory School Certificate tests, the Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, said today. Read the full media release.
Showcase of outstanding HSC student designers
3 December 2007
Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, has today (3 December) launched an exhibition of outstanding designs by HSC students at the Powerhouse Museum. Read the full media release.
Move to strengthen Australian literature in NSW schools
23 October 2007
Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, said today that he would be writing to the NSW Board of Studies requesting them to investigate a range of options to strengthen the study of Australian literature in the State's English curriculum. Read the full media release.
State's HSC students sit first English paper today
19 October 2007
The State's Higher School Certificate students will today sit for the first exam in English, the only compulsory subject in the HSC. Read the full media release.
Record number of students sit HSC exams in 2007
14 October 2007
NSW Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, announced today that a record 67,189 students will be sitting for the Higher School Certificate which starts this week. Read the full media release.
Record number of students undertaking VET as part of their HSC
14 October 2007
Ahead of the commencement of HSC exams this week, NSW Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca, has released the 2007 HSC data, revealing a jump in the number of students undertaking vocational education in schools. Read the full media release.
HSC advice just a phone call away
8 October 2007
As the State's Year 12 students count down to the start of the written Higher School Certificate examinations, assistance will be just a phone call away with the opening of the 2007 HSC Advice Line this afternoon. Read the full media release.