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Perhaps subsidise based on skills shortages? Why do you assume the only scholarships must be from overseas institutions? Could this not have come from an Australian university? Exactly. Besides I'm not advocating only the wealthy should be afforded the opportunity to go. You'd have...

I'm confused, are you saying free education (ie fully subsidised) is a right or a privilege? I think education should be free till the end of secondary school, beyond that it's user pays.

True, I've debated at length with people who consider tertiary education to be a 'human right' and as such it should be free to everyone. I think more along the lines of limited resources and user pays *waiting for the flames* My science degree wasn't generic (majoring in geology) and I got...

No, I certainly don't expect anyone to subsidise me if I choose to study for pleasure, but you'd be surprised how many people do! I've had many an argument over such things. If my kids also choose to study for pleasure I expect that I would be the only one 'subsidising' them, and cognisant of...

Is there no value in having an educated population?

I have found many people consider university purely as a training ground for a particular job, and not somewhere you learn for the pleasure of it. I remember a pharmacist colleague expressing complete surprise at my decision to study for a Bachelor of Science... "why would you do that, what...