Article: Make sure your gap year makes a difference; Deborah James examines the highs and lows awaiting students who want to see a bit of the world before plunging into work or academic life.(Features)

Article: Gap year: time off, with a plan.(postponing ...
Occupational Outlook Quarterly;  September 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... an interesting gap-year experience ... OMITTED] Some gap years are unforeseen ... college. Other gap years are more deliberately ... says Green, a gap year should be an ... study of 300 gap-year participants ... who took gap years overwhelmingly ...

Article: The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit ...
Career Planning and Adult Development Journal;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... student resumes. The Gap-Year Advantage offers ... Nelson's combined 40 years' experience in the ... young adults. The Gap-Year Advantage outlines ... who have taken gap years are sprinkled throughout ... student contemplating a gap-year experience might ...

Article: students: mind the gap year.
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  March 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Harpur says the gap year is growing in popularity ... enormous benefits from a gap year. They might not have ... Harpur believes gap years are often looked upon ... it will only last a year. There is a danger ... education at all.'' Gap-year students who want ...

Article: Princeton and York University launch Gap Year ...
M2 Presswire;  April 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... who wish to take a gap year. Their aim is to ... Interest in gap years in North America is ... who have taken gap years before them. Universities ... of constructive gap years and monitored the ... which formalise the gap year, bringing it into ...

Article: You don't have to be royal to reap the rewards of a gap ...
The Independent - London;  January 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... with the image of gap years is that it seems to ... and director of the Gap Year Company. "Students dream of gap years. They think it is ... Employers now see that gap years are an ideal time ... The message of the gap-year industry is that a ...

Article: Taking a break? ; Whatever be your reasons, there are certain ...
India Today;  December 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Counsellor and Director, Caring A gap year is a perfectly normal thing in countries ... okay with the idea. Explaining the gap year in your resume needs careful thinking ... plausible explanation. After you take a gap year, you may feel lost, unstructured ...

Article: Gap year students to be offered a taste of the ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... unique opportunity of taking up a gap year commission with the Army. Motivated ... of the military way of life. This gap year, however, is mainly suited for those ... they will do four weeks completing Gap Year Training at The Royal Military Academy ...