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Facing Anxiety While Travelling Abroad
About the Author: Andrei Milosevic is an international student, traveller, and writer. Over the past few years, he has been studying international business as well as providing advice and insight into international calling and communication. In his free time he kayaks...
A gap year in times of uncertainty
There have been a few highs but some desperate lows over the past few years. Political turmoils, changes in the natural environment and deeply saddening events leading to the loss of life, have left everyone feeling somewhat uncertain about the future. For some, they...
3 cheapest gap year destinations 2018
Phillip Garlick is Head of Commercial at the travel money provider H&T. Here, he shares the 3 cheapest gap year destinations and his top tips on how you can save money while you're away. In just a couple of months, you'll be done with the last term of this school or...
Living abroad before starting a graduate job in Vietnam
So, you’ve just landed a graduate job in Vietnam – congratulations! A whole new world of opportunity and experience is about to open up. Vietnam secures great economic rankings among expats according to the HSBC Expat Explorer Survey 2017; scoring 29th for job...
An unexpected gap year in Uganda
I had an unexpected gap year. in Uganda It wasn't planned and in fact I was almost dead set against the idea of taking one, as I was keen to get stuck into university life. Unfortunately when my a-level grades came out in the august I was six marks short of the grades...
Skeptical about gap years?
I was always skeptical about gap years. It comes from my French education, I was taught that once you’ve started something you should doggedly carry on to the end, education being the best example because you tend to forget quite a bit in a year and lose a...
Political Situation in Thailand (2014) – A Personal View
Billy Harrington-Roberts was on a one year placement as a volunteer teacher in Thailand. Throughout his stay he had taken a keen interest in the political situation in the country. His experience stood him in good stead when he arrived at university later that year...
Pod Volunteer – Amelia’s blog from India
Welcome to my Pod Volunteer blog from India. I have rated everything I did as 'very good' as on reflection there is nothing I wouldn't rate as well above average. From the Pod Volunteer set up, to the project. The project in particular and the work of Ravi, Gurav and...
From a gap year to the Navy
Helen Taylor is now a Sub lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Here she recounts how her gap year experience enabled her to demonstrate that she had the skills that the Navy look for in their officers. I graduated from Exeter University in 2008 and now I am a Sub-Lieutenant...