What It’s Like To Study English At York

In my first year, I remember seeing A Midsummer's Night Dream and loving how the motion picture represented the characters of the play so much that I composed one of my essays on the play! And just last term, enjoying Samuel Beckett's Endgame during a movie screening made me see the play in an entire different light, prompting me to obtain 3 different books from the library about Beckett and his works.

Is Naplan Testing Harming Students?

Our report found that a majority of students did not like NAPLAN and were not sure of its purpose. A majority reported sensations of tension.

Those who were struggling in mathematics and/or literacy were the most distressed about whether they would fail. Worryingly, schools reported that these trainees (whom the tests are designed to help) were typically the ones least likely to sit the tests.