Hundreds of Higher School Certificate (HSC) students will gather at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga this Friday 18 June to share their thoughts and take on board new ideas about English literature. Organised by the local branch of the English Teachers’ Association and staff in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga, the HSC English Study Day will be held from 9.30am until 2.30pm. “Catering to the needs of both Standard and Advanced English students, we hope about 800 students from as far away as Batlow, Cootamundra, Culcairn, Temora, Junee, Tumut and Young will attend,” Mr David Gilbey, Senior Lecturer with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences said. More than 200 students are due to attend a lecture by Mount Austin High School’s Ms Lydia Davic on Educating Rita while Mr Gilbey will give a lecturer on the poetry of Peter Skrzynecki. CSU graduate and Kooringal High School teacher Ms Shelley Little will present sessions on Banjo Paterson, Rainbow’s End, and The Castle. The annual HSC English Study Day will be held in the Wal Fife, Lecture Unit 1 and Swan theatres (buildings 14, 11 and 12) near car park 3, Keajura Walk, CSU in Wagga Wagga.