Gap Year

Being in an unfamiliar country and experiencing a new culture can prompt travellers to take more risks than they would at home, sometimes with disastrous consequences...

Some great tips on finding work whilst you're on a Gap Year.

• Before you travel make sure you have the correct visa and all necessary documents to work in the country.

• Do some research on where the best areas to find work are at your destination.

• If your current employer has a franchise or partner organisation in the destination country, check if you can apply for a transfer.

What’s your budget? Your budget will often play the biggest role in deciding what you do during your gap year. It’s important to think about whether you would rather go for less time and have a bit more luxury or go for longer and ‘slum it’ from time to time?!

With competitiveness in the British job and university sector at an all-time high, the need to increase employability has never been so vital. Young people are increasingly turning to gap years...

In September 2007, I was fortunate enough to embark on the journey of a lifetime – I went on board The Scholar Ship, a study abroad program on board a passenger ocean liner, to take a semester abroad and to travel across the globe. Starting my journey in Greece, I joined 205 students from over 50 different countries to set sail for Portugal, our first port.  I spent a total of 16 weeks at sea, stopping in 8 ports, each for seven days at a time.

From breathtaking scenery and wild, wide open spaces to stunning cities, engaging festivals and haunting history, Scotland has everything you could ask of a holiday destination. The beauty of the country is that it’s small enough to make everything accessible but big enough to provide a stunning array of options which would take a lifetime of holidays to discover.

London Metropolitan University is one of the UK’s largest universities, within which you will find a welcoming, friendly University supporting you at every step of your course. You will benefit from meeting like-minded students from across the world and from a variety of backgrounds.

Worldwide Experience offers you the chance to help make a difference. Why just travel on your Gap Year when you can do something worth while and put something back to this world we take so much from. Placements include Conservation, Community outreach and Adventure programmes.

Every student worth their salt knows a gap year is the chance to take a break from endless study and concentrate the imagination on subjects of far more worldly interest than anything found within an exam paper.Every student worth their salt knows a gap year is the chance to take a break from endless study and concentrate the imagination on subjects of far more worldly interest than anything found within

Images of sport, music and tourism conjure up Olympic athletes, rock and pop bands and sandy beaches, but behind these wonderful images lie three industries, which are substantial profit earners in the UK economy.