Year 12 students from high schools across the NSW Central West region will converge on Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Bathurst Campus on Thursday 26 June to attend the 2008 Higher School Certificate (HSC) Seminar Day. The day is an initiative of secondary teachers with the NSW Department of Education and Training in the region, and is sponsored by CSU. Organisers estimate that about 300 HSC students will attend from schools in Bathurst, Blayney, Boorowa, Orange, Cowra, Grenfell, Kandos, Lithgow, Molong and Oberon. Ms Kerry Browning, Manager of the CSU Contact Centre which provides information and advice to prospective students, said the day would provide students with information relevant to their HSC exams, as well as provide a positive experience of life at university. “The students will attend separate seminars and lectures on a variety of HSC topics provided by experienced HSC teachers. Then they will have lunch in the CSU cafeteria and be able to go on a tour of the Bathurst Campus and seek course advice from University advisers,” Ms Browning said.