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Nathan Cleary is pushing to be fit for round one in Las Vegas.

‘I wanted to have a fallback option’: Cleary’s back-up career if footy didn’t work out

Nathan Cleary is a four-time premiership winning halfback, but he went to university before he got his start in first grade.

  • Billie Eder

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Darcy wants to do HSC Advanced English. His school won’t let him

Some Sydney high schools are putting up high, arbitrary barriers to prevent ambitious HSC students taking English Advanced for the HSC. Now students are speaking out about being forced to take a low-scaling course.

  • Emily Kowal
Mitchell Burriss, a top achiever in Science Extension in 2024, is now studying a bachelor of economics and advanced science at UNSW.

The HSC science subject in which most students get a top band

Most students who take this subject get a strong result, with the warning it can be “blood, sweat and tears”. Which science subjects should you choose for success?

  • Penry Buckley
Laura and Clara Ebba, 18, both studied HSC Standard English in 2024 and received marks in their 80s.

More than 30,000 students do this HSC subject. Fewer than 200 get top marks

More students are choosing standard English over advanced English in the HSC – and a large performance gap has opened up between the courses.

  • Cindy Yin
Australia has startlingly low levels of financial literacy and the solution could start in schools.

Bright students let down by limited subject offerings

It is disappointing that some schools fail to offer extension levels of English and mathematics to students. 

  • The Herald's View
Naomi Habib, now a UNSW law student, had to study English Extension 1 through distance education because her western Sydney high school did not offer the subject.

The majority of students get top marks in these HSC subjects – if their school offers them

When selecting HSC subjects, NESA recommends students pick a subject they love. However, for many kids, doing a subject they are passionate about is not always feasible.

  • Emily Kowal
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**AFR FIRST USE** Generic gen23 exam test high school certificate education students testing hsc. Photographed at Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Snr Campus in Sydney on June 20, 2024. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Rise of AI risks undermining HSC fairness

The NSW Education Standards Authority believes it is the responsibility of individual schools and school sectors to manage policies for the use of AI in their establishments.

  • The Herald's View
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HSC cheating doubles as take-home assignment offences rise

Principals say schools are ramping up in-class work and handwritten tasks in a bid to combat the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence.

  • Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
Saachi Singh is one of 19 students whose work was selected for the Young Writers showcase. Photo Jessica Hromas

These students aced HSC English Extension. This is how they did it

Last year, almost 1500 students did English Extension 2. Just 19 made it into the Young Writers Showcase – this is what they shared in common.

  • Emily Kowal
Students at Macarthur Girls High

The HSC subjects students are most likely to drop in year 12

The Herald analysis is based on subjects with more than 500 enrolled students, and shows how choices shift into the final year of high school.

  • Emily Kowal, Nigel Gladstone and Lucy Carroll

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