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Originally Posted by Dimman
We get the sticks option in Canada, too. When the diamond mines were going up, waaaaay up north they were throwing money around like nothing. And the oil sands when that was hot. Camp jobs I think were 3 weeks in 1 out or something like that. I grew up in the sticks so I opted for less money and civilization instead. 
Is education partially subsidized in Aus like in Canada?
I've heard that the education/student loan situation in the US may be their next bad bubble. The return on investment for some degrees just doesn't cut it anymore at the price of college... |
we have schemes here for tertiary education support, for Australian residents. thats why my degree cost me ~900 per subjects (4 subjects a semester/2semesters per year), but if i was not a resident, i would be paying 2000 plus per subject in engineering. also if you have the government scheme (used to be called hecs) and you lump sum pay more than 500, then you get 5% discount
if you dont, then you have a no interest loan (amount subject to inflation but, but it can go up as well as down) which you dont repay untill you find a job that pays over x amount.
when you do get that job you pay back weekly
some things are subsidised more than others, as well as the type of qulaification (diploma vs bachelor vs masters etc)