Article: GAP YEAR: THE BIG ADVENTURE In return for a some solid preparation, you can gain life skills and memories that will be with you for ever

Article: One year to conquer the world EDUCATION 2001 Taking a ...
Evening Standard - London;  August 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... deserve a break. "A gap-year will give you life skills," says Tom Griffiths ... universities love that the gap-year gives you character ... skills. These are life skills and employers rate ... that a constructive gap year can help you get ...

Article: One year to conquer the world - EDUCATION 2001; Taking a ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  August 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... deserve a break. "A gap-year will give you life skills," says Tom Griffiths ... universities love that the gap-year gives you character ... skills. These are life skills and employers rate ... that a constructive gap year can help you get ...

Article: Learning life skills close to home - Education ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  July 21, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of opportunities for the determined. A gap-year in the UK need not be bar work and night ... to the Canary Wharf Group, puts it, gap-year students "will have matured more, will ... luxury hotels or mollycoddling. Working A gap-year is a perfect chance to hot up on badly ...

Article: Learning life skills close to home Education 2001 ...
Evening Standard - London;  July 21, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of opportunities for the determined. A gap-year in the UK need not be bar work and night ... to the Canary Wharf Group, puts it, gap-year students "will have matured more, will ... luxury hotels or mollycoddling. Working A gap-year is a perfect chance to hot up on badly ...

Article: Students Use 'Gap Year' for a Head Start; More High ...
The Washington Post;  August 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... writing. It's what the British call the "gap year," a traditional break between high school ... three years ago; Prince Harry began his gap year this summer. And in the United States ... It's an evolution." Reardon said a gap year offers young people the first flush of ...

Article: Parents Guide: A unique opportunity - if used wisely A gap ...
The Independent - London;  August 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... well-spent constructive gap year can do for the maturing process ... the option of a constructive gap year can come into its own. The life skills, character, confidence and ... prospect of an unexpected gap year - your son or daughter having ...

Article: Education Wales: Gap year a positive step; SKILLS: ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... foreign climes. For many the gap year has now become a necessity ... of young people choosing a gap year pre-university is on the ... youngsters develop necessary life skills. Mr Griffiths said, ``The gap year no longer has negative connotations ...