Taking a break? ; Whatever be your reasons, there are certain challenges...

India Today;  December 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Career Counsellor and Director, Caring A gap year is a perfectly normal thing in countries...are 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, lose...

Education: Gap years popular to break up career; As thousands of students...

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Elizabeth Clark The career break, or gap year, is becoming more popular than ever as...taking time out. 'The 25 to 35-year-old gap year market is the fastest growing market...university.' Deirdre Bounds, the founder of gap year organisation i-to-i, said interest in...

Make sure your gap year makes a difference; Deborah James examines the...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......preserve of the rich and famous, the gap year is becoming a must-do for school and...recent online survey carried out by gap year specialist STA Travel revealed the number of students planning a gap year has risen by 5% since 2004. Of the...

Go Higher: Going for a gap year Plan your gap year well in advance, writes...

The Independent - London;  November 8, 1998 ;     614 words ......times they are a changing. Now taking a gap year is a positively good thing to do. "I...universities and colleges look on your gap year favourably. There are no right or wrong reasons for taking a gap year, but you will need to be clear why you...

The gap year could fill a 12-month hole in a student's life.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......applying for university next year, the gap year may be an option. Aled Blake spoke to two students, one who has finished his gap year and one who is leaving to start hers...are all the rage. Prince William took a gap year and travelled to Belize and Chile before...

Bridge that gap; As thousands of young people prepare for the start of...

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 31, 2000 ;     700+ words ......That is the tempting, tantalising thing about a gap year - it presents a few months of infinite possibility...their children's travel plans. According to The Gap Year Report, published by The Gap Year Company, a fifth of A-level students thinking...

Fed: Govt declares gap year a complete success

AAP General News (Australia);  November 14, 2008 ;     354 words ...Fed: Govt declares gap year a complete success CANBERRA, Nov 14...declared the Australian Defence Force (ADF) gap year a complete success with more than 100...Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon said the gap year program, designed to give school leavers...

Gap years show you care ; Experience gained during a gap year can boost...

Evening Standard - London;  August 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ...THE gap year has been subjected to some bad press recently...cautioned young people who are taking a gap year abroad that it may be better to travel...with. Whatever your take, the British gap year travel market is growing: every year up...

Perspective: GAP Filling the; It was once viewed as the easy option, but...

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Paul Groves The gap year is changing. At one time it was all...employers prefer to see the words 'gap year' on the CV's of prospective employees...40,000 school leavers are taking a gap year in the 2002--3 academic year and that...

You don't have to be royal to reap the rewards of a gap year We have all...

The Independent - London;  January 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ......the most famous teenager to take a gap year in Britain. His exploits in Chile...for themselves, say many within the gap-year industry. There is disquiet about the way that the media portrays the gap year. Rather than promoting it as a chance...

Perspective: How to bridge that gap; Hundreds of thousands of young people...

The Birmingham Post (England);  June 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ......more and more people are doing, taking a gap year. Last year, almost 25,000 youngsters were...break from the books and figures - and a gap year can provide just that. Travelling and...name but a few. The world really is a gap year student's oyster. The important thing...

NEW HORIZONS; Gap year opens up a world of opportunity... AN increasing...

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  August 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......bug after spending three months of her gap year inter-railing through Europe. She joined...not the only option - many now take a gap year to earn enough money to make university...first choice university. And once the gap year was complete she was ready to resume full-ti...

A perfect time to broaden your horizons - EDUCATION 2002; Having got over...

The Evening Standard (London, England);  August 20, 2002 ;     700 words ......than 40,000 young people chose to take a gap year between school and university, and that...year, here's our essential guide to your gap year abroad - the ultimate learning experience...Ghana, or teaching English in China, a gap year abroad is a way to travel and do something...

Parents Guide: A unique opportunity - if used wisely A gap year is neither...

The Independent - London;  August 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ...The decision to take a gap year at 18 is changing. Until recently the...from A-levels to university with a gap year had been the preserve of the privileged...exams and sought an easy way out. Now a gap year, be it work based, study, travel or...

Earn big bucks when taking gap year.(Workplace)

Cape Times (South Africa);  May 5, 2008 ;     415 words ......sarah-Jane Bosch

Taking a gap year after school or tertiary studies has...British High Commission. To make taking a gap year easier, STA Travel has created a new division which focuses on gap year work placements. Trained gap year specialists...