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Student Specific Deals

Deals that only apply to students are listed here.

General Student Discount Programs

Student Discount Cards

Student Edge Card - Discount on food, entertainment, clothes, etc. - http://www.studentedge.com.au/

UNiDAYS

https://www.myunidays.com Student discount on many fashion, beauty, fitness, technology and lifestyle retailers.

20% off at Topman, 10% off at ASOS, 10% off at Topshop and many others.

Need a valid student email account, but is free registration.

Student VIP

Student VIP is a subscription-based service that allows you to get discounts on various magazines and newspapers. It also offers access to other student-related services such as student grants, textbook rebates, textbook exchanges, accommodation/travel and other useful services.

There is no subscription fee and the service costs nothing to join. The catch, however, is that you will be emailed marketing material weekly.

StudentVIP has partnerships with Apple Inc. and works in conjunction with Apple to offer discounted computer hardware and software.

Student bank accounts

Many banks will waive account fees if you sign up or switch to a Student account. For instance, Commonwealth Bank waive the smart transaction account monthly fee and the student credit card annual fee. Westpac waive the choice account monthly fee, etc.

Discounted Laptops

Microsoft offers a 10% discount on selected Surface, Xbox and Windows-based products.

Lenovo offers savings of between 8-15% on select Lenovo Thinkpad laptops and ultrabooks.

Apple - Save with Apple education pricing on Mac, iPad, accessories and Apple Music.

Software and cloud services

Dropbox Sync and Cloud storage

Sign up to Dropbox using an .EDU domain email address and get double the storage every time you refer a friend.

Dropbox

LastPass

Lastpass is a cloud based password manager. You can get 6 months free access to their Premium service by using your .EDU domain email address. For more information about Lastpass and their Premium service, read this post.

Free Microsoft software for students at DreamSpark

https://www.dreamspark.com/ See related Deal post

Grants free downloads to Microsoft Developer's software and Windows Server OS's. Requires a .edu email address or an ISIC (International Student ID) card to be eligible.

Free Office 365 Subscription for Schools, Universities, Teachers and Students

Schools, Universities, Teachers and Students are eligible for a free Office 365 subscription which includes the Office 2013 apps for PC and Mac (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access and Publisher) as well as 1TB of OneDrive Storage and access to Office Web Apps.

Visit the Microsoft Office website for more information. See related Deal post

Skillshare

Skillshare offers online video courses on a wide range of subjects. Students can apply for a scholarship of 50% off a year of Premium Membership. Requires .edu email address.

Flights and Travel

  • AirFrance - Discounts for students under 26
  • Best Flights, Student Flights - Generally, both are only good for student class RTW fares and Malaysian Airlines fares. http://www.studentflights.com.au/
  • STA Travel - have a store on most university campus'. www.statravel.com.au/

Student Discount Tuesdays at Myer shopping centres

Receive 10% off guy's and girl's clothing with any valid student ID

Only available on presentation of a valid photographic student ID. Student offer only applies to clothing from Basement and Youth Fashion departments. Excludes Pilgrim, Nique, Princess Highway, Dangerfield, Kickz101, Levis® at Basement and Ed Hardy at Basement.

Newspapers & Magazines

www.studentmagazines.com.au has very good deals for students. Be careful that when you make a subscription, “bonuses” that are usually on the front of the magazines are not included.

TIP: most newspapers will allow you to subscribe to a newspaper for $15-25/year during o-week. You are given a card that allows you to pick up the newspaper for free at the newsagency, and the Saturday paper is delivered to your house.

Location Specific Deals

Deals based on state/city etc.

WA

  • Transperth offers discounts to primary, secondary and tertiary students for transport on the Transperth network.
  • Jacksons offers a 10% discount on art supplies when you sign up for their student discount card.
  • Oxlades offers a 10% discount on art supplies when you sign up for their student discount card.