Article: NEW HORIZONS; Gap year opens up a world of opportunity... AN increasing number of young people are taking a gap year before heading off for university, many of them attracted by ever-increasing opportunities of travel abroad. Education reporter JOANNA DESIRA found out more.(News)

Article: Make it the best year of your life University looming - or your ...
The Independent - London;  August 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... a backpacker in their gap year. As a veteran of two ... Use an experienced gap- year provider, such as GAP or the British Universities North America Club (BUNAC); avoid ... But before choosing a gap-year activity it is imperative ...

Article: Students: we're all too scared to take a gap year ...
The Sunday Herald;  August 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... even choosing to take a gap year in the UK. The risk of ... medical intervention on a gap year is only 6.5 in 1000 ... definitely planning a gap year, with top destinations ... 33%), followed by North America (30%). Fifteen per ...

Article: Roll on the next challenge Forced to review her priorities, a ...
The Independent - London;  June 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Victoria and I broke this trip to him by telling him we were going skiing in North America, only it would be a bit further north than usual. "I look on this as a sort of gap year. People have gap years when they're young, so why shouldn't I have ...

Article: Princeton and York University launch Gap Year ...
M2 Presswire;  April 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... University to adopt a Gap Year entry deferral system ... those who wish to take a gap year. Their aim is to integrate ... Interest in gap years in North America is really taking off ... systems which formalise the gap year, bringing it into their ...

Article: THE GAP YEAR GENERATION...WE'VE NEVER HAD IT SO ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  September 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... growth areas being the gap year. Here, student journalist ... Dubai and India (gap year), Amsterdam and Paris ... locations. Ten years ago, North America was the limit of most ... particularly Croatia. North America is still popular, as ... the UK, has been the gap ...

Article: Gap year.(Travel)
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... five destinations for the gap year travellers, says STA ... helping to find work for gap year travellers - www.teaching ... STA's Louise Clark. Gap year travellers also need to ... British Universities North America Club (BUNAC) (020 7251 ...

Article: Travel: Gap Year - Pass Goa and collect experience ...
The Independent - London;  June 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... fixed their summer or gap- year plans a long time ago ... argument for taking a gap year has been won but no plans ... most students make their gap year happen. A grim spell ... attractions of working in North America can be sampled only by ...