Bored of Studies

Bored of Studies

Infobox_Website
url = http://www.boredofstudies.org
name = Bored of Studies
origin = Australia



caption =
type = Student website, forum and wiki
language = English
registration = Required to post. Viewable as a guest.
location = Australia
owner = iStudy Australia Pty Ltd.
author = Mark Czajkowski, James King, Tim Cheng and Ian Keong

Bored of Studies is an Australian education website targeted at students in New South Wales and Victoria. It is prominent among students for its Student Assessment Modeller that calculates approximate UAI or ENTER results, and for hosting study notes for the New South Wales HSC courses. An extensive student community has evolved around its forum, which is frequented by school students, teachers and a growing number of university students. The site's name is a parody of the NSW Board of Studies, the governing organisation for the HSC.

History

The website was created on March 5, 2002 by four former HSC students who had completed their HSC in the previous year: Mark Czajkowski, James King, Tim Cheng and Ian Keong.cite news
first = Matthew
last = Frilingos
title = Putting resources on board
url =
publisher = The Daily Telegraph
date = August 9 2002
accessdate = 2007-05-27 ] Regarded as the successor to the highly popular "hscboardz" and "uniboardz", the site's founders claim that because they were the first to sit a newly revised HSC syllabus, they were able to clearly see the lack of information that future HSC students would face. A desire to help address this lack of information was a prime reason behind the founding of Bored of Studies.cite news
first =
last =
title = HSC website a big hit
url =
publisher = The Daily Telegraph
date = November 3 2002
accessdate = 2007-05-27 ] . The site is owned and operated by iStudy Australia Pty Ltd, based in the Sydney CBD

Influence and criticism

Bored of Studies has become an increasingly popular site for HSC students, with a membership of over 240 000 and more than 7 million monthly hits. [ [http://boredofstudies.org/docs/Stats.pdf Site Statistics] ] It is often recommended by teachers as a valuable resource containing past papers and practice essays.cite news
first = Nick
last = Galvin
title = On the exam trail - Study tips, topical
url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/30/1083224574597.html?from=storyrhs
publisher = The Sydney Morning Herald
date = May 1 2004
accessdate = 2007-05-27 ] It has been suggested that an official bulletin from the NSW Universities Admissions Centre did much to popularise the site around the state. [ [http://www.uac.edu.au/pubs/pdf/uacnews/news_vol10issue1.pdf UAC News] , Volume 10 Issue 1, April 2004, p1] . There has been concern that the extensive subject notes available on the site could lead to cheating among students.cite news
first = Louise
last = Hall
title = Teachers warned over study notes
url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/teachers-warned-over-study-notes/2005/07/23/1121539187481.html
publisher = The Sydney Morning Herald
date = July 24 2005
accessdate = 2007-05-27 ]

In 2005, a student's attempt to gain access to his raw HSC examination under freedom of information laws drew controversy when the request was refused by the government. This followed the previous successful attempt by James King, one of the administrators on the Bored of Studies website, to obtain his raw marks.cite news
first = Matthew
last = Thompson
title = Students' raw scores seen as a threat
url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Students-raw-scores-seen-as-threat-to-HSC/2005/03/11/1110417692293.html
publisher = The Sydney Morning Herald
date = March 12 2005
accessdate = 2007-05-27 ] The information sparked debate about the standard of student responses that were given pass marks, with the then Federal Education minister Brendan Nelson defending the students' right to know their marks.

Recent developments

Recently launched by Bored of Studies is the [http://www.boredofstudies.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Biki] (Bored of Studies Wiki), a wiki collection of HSC notes, information and resources using the MediaWiki software to allow contributions. Bored of Studies has recently introduced 'Premium' subscription content and advertising on the site.

References

External links

* [http://www.boredofstudies.org/ Bored of Studies]
* [http://vic.boredofstudies.org/ Bored of Studies: VCE sub-site]
* [http://community.boredofstudies.org/ Community forum]
* [http://www.boredofstudies.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Biki]


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