It comes after students said they wanted to engage with their studies in more depth,and wanted more time for internships and on-campus activities.
Rising student debt,fuelled by the misguided Job-ready Graduates package,is compounding young Australians’ sense of a cost-of-living crisis,and the feeling they are being short-changed.
In one of the world’s most expensive cities,and after a pandemic changed the way we work and learn,the campus lifestyle is increasingly a thing of the past.
One of the state’s school sectors is urging reform of the HSC,saying students are being nudged towards easier subjects.
It has been alleged that former Schools Infrastructure NSW chief Anthony Manning improperly hired friends and misallocated funds from school projects.
One eastern suburbs institution is closing its doors to boys in its junior campus after more than 100 years,while another on the north shore will no longer admit girls.
Thousands of students who sat selective exams on Friday will be able to resit tests at public schools after chaos descended on mega centres.
One test was cancelled and police - including members of the riot squad - were needed to manage massive crowds at selective school exams across Sydney.
The group which administers the medical school exam for year 12 students has removed a section due to its “high coachability”. Try it yourself.