Study-abroad programs have become something of a rite of passage for Australian university students, and it can be a life-changing experience.
Already a subscriber?When Cynthia Huynh hopped on a plane to San Francisco last year with 11 of her University of Sydney classmates, she had no idea she was in for a life-transforming experience.
Ms Huynh was one of more than 23,000 Australian university students who travelled overseas in 2023 asMore than one in 10 undergraduates now participate in a study abroad program – down from 23 per cent in 2019 but slowly rebuilding after being scuttled into oblivion during the pandemic. Importantly, Ms Bishop also backed a change to the loan system, known as OS-HELP, which allows students to access up to $10,767 from the government to help fund an overseas study trip and add it to their student debt.
The reasons are complex and varied, but include a willingness to get outside one’s comfort zone, immersion in different cultures and languages, access to people and experiences not available in Australia, and new friendships and networks that open minds and knock over entrenched ideas.
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