Major public examinations like the Higher School Certificate exams and the School Certificate tests always involve contingency plans in the event of disruptions.

The Board of Studies NSW is experienced in handling cases where students' performances in exams are affected by an illness or misadventure, including floods, fires or illnesses such as human swine flu.

By the time students commence their HSC exams in October 2009, 50 per cent of their marks will have been completed and recorded as their school assessment.

The school assessment provides the Board with an indicator for cases where students suffer illness or misadventure during or just prior to the exams.

The Board has already provided advice to schools on dealing with cases where students' school assessment tasks are disrupted as a result of human swine flu.

Read HSC assesments and swine flu

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New medals have been struck for the 2008 winners of the Premier's Awards for All-round Excellence in the NSW Higher School Certificate.

The silver medals will be sent to nearly 1200 students this week, in recognition of their outstanding achievement in last year's HSC.

The medals bear the NSW Government crest on the obverse (pictured below) and the Board of Studies NSW logo on the reverse, above a semi-circular blank which may be engraved later with the student's preferred name.

All-rounders are students who have attained marks of 90 or above in at least 10 units - that is, Band 6 or E4. The full list of 2008 All-rounders was published on the Board's website in December.

The All-rounders also received a certificate and letter of congratulations from the Premier of NSW, Nathan Rees.

Questions about the new All-rounders' medals can be sent to information@bos.nsw.edu.au

Related item: Distinguished Achievers Honoured in 2008 HSC

The Higher School Certificate class of 2008 has a record 15,697 students on the Distinguished Achievers List and 1,196 students on the All Rounders List.

The Board of Studies has published the names of all the students on the four 2008 distinguished achievers lists:

• All Rounders
• First in Course
• Top Achievers
• Distinguished Achievers

Read the media releases:

• Rees honours top HSC students
• Nervous wait ends for 67,000 HSC students

HSC students can get their HSC results from 6.00 am on 17 December via the telephone, by SMS message or the internet at www.hscresults.nsw.edu.au or www.hsc-results.nsw.edu.au.

You must use your PIN and your student number to gain access to your results.

If you have any questions about your results, or have difficulty using your PIN and student number, call the HSC Examination Inquiry Centre on 13 11 12.

More information and step-by-step instructions to getting your 2008 HSC results.

The final examinations in the 2008 NSW Higher School Certificate finish today.

The Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, said a record 67,931 students were enrolled in HSC courses this year, most sitting for six written exams, which began a month ago.

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Step-by-step instructions to getting your results (from 6.00 am on Wednesday 17 December) are now available.

More important information for HSC students on release of results, HSC Examination Inquiry Centre, student survey, career advice and privacy.

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.

The UAI result will determine the university courses that students are eligible to enrol in for 2008.

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Lists for the following are now available in the Statistics Archive:

• All Rounders List
• Distinguished Achievers List
• Top Achievers in Course

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.

“The ‘new’ Higher School Certificate has kept its promise to the people of NSW,” Mr Della Bosca said.

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The First Place in Course List for the 2007 Higher School Certificate is now available for viewing and downloading as a CSV file.