Gap year blogs

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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So you're taking a Gap Year and you've decided that you want to spend the winter in a ski resort. Leaving school with limited work experience and irrelevant (but good!) qualifications can make finding work in a ski resort a little difficult. There are...

Thinking about taking a gap year? You're not alone with over 230,000 young people between 18­25 years old on some form of gap year break. Most people recognise that a year out is so much more than a holiday, as some would have you believe. In fact, a gap year can be a...

Trying to fund a gap year? Here are some figures which might help.   £3,975 … the worth of our scholarship If you’re looking for scholarships and bursaries to help fund your gap year, check out The Art History Abroad Scholarship for a place on one of our 2-week summer...

A gap year or return around the world ticket can be the best experience of your life. But without a bit of homework and the right amount of prep, it could pear-shaped quite quickly. So to avoid being stranded many many miles from home, backpack overload or suffering...