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The Newcastle Herald's Opinion, Tuesday, October 20, 2020: COVID adds another layer of pressure to the most testing time of the school calendar

Ian Kirkwood
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:34pm, first published October 20 2020 - 10:00am
AFTER a year of COVID-impacted study, the all-important HSC starts today. St Mary's Catholic College, Gateshead, students, Robbie Gatens, Olivia Tindall and Julia Pitt, pictured during their HSC trials in August. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
AFTER a year of COVID-impacted study, the all-important HSC starts today. St Mary's Catholic College, Gateshead, students, Robbie Gatens, Olivia Tindall and Julia Pitt, pictured during their HSC trials in August. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

HIGHER School Certificate students often feel like they are living in a bubble in the weeks before the examinations designed to mark the end of their secondary schooling.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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