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Taking a GAP Year

Taking a GAP Year. All you need to know. At AGS in 2012 roughly between 5 – 10 % of leavers took a GAP Year. What is a gap year?. Break in study between advanced level courses & University A productive way to spend a year Viewed as a positive experience by many universities and employers.

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Taking a GAP Year

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  1. Taking a GAP Year All you need to know

  2. At AGS in 2012 roughly between 5 – 10 % of leavers took a GAP Year.

  3. What is a gap year? • Break in study between advanced level courses & University • A productive way to spend a year • Viewed as a positive experience by many universities and employers. • You MUST use your year productively in order to show universities and employers that it was worthwhile.

  4. So …things you can do……….. Travel Teach abroad Volunteer to work on a project at home or abroad Work in a paid position to save some money for university Gain some unpaid work experience Undertake further study or training Get a working holiday visa to live and work abroad.

  5. Advantages Self-reliance / independence Maturity Team-work Managing money and making plans Thinking time / breathing space Course-related experience Money to study A break Other people / make international friends Other cultures

  6. Disadvantages Time – length of course? Continuity – lost habit of studying? Recession? Friends a year ahead? Competitiveness of courses Shouldn’t I wait until after uni? Expensive?

  7. Disadvantages Time – length of course? Yes, perhaps – e.g. Medicine / Architecture

  8. Disadvantages Continuity – lost habit of studying? Students often energised / refreshed – settle in well to studies again

  9. Disadvantages Recession? How long will this last? Your life skills gained will help Employers will love you

  10. Disadvantages Friends a year ahead? Gain new friends Lose the ‘old’ ones? Everyone is moving on

  11. Disadvantages Competitiveness of courses Again, employers will LOVE you

  12. Disadvantages Shouldn’t I wait until after uni? Debt to pay? Relationships? Mortgages? Will an employer want this?

  13. Disadvantages Expensive? Many people work for part of year for travel / volunteering / uni Cheap schemes e.g. WWOOF / HelpX

  14. Gap Year “We very much welcome applications from young people planning a constructive year out before university. Right from the start, we can easily pick out those who have taken time out from their studies…… They are more confident and outgoing, they are well-motivated, they communicate well and they find it easy to settle and make friends” Dr John Ash, Director of Admissions Birmingham University

  15. Gap year choices

  16. Popular schemes Community Service Volunteers (C.S.V) Work-camps and Summer Projects Kibbutzim Camp America The Year in Industry scheme Lattitude Voluntary Service Overseas Internal voluntary service Voluntary Centre UK European Community Young Worker Exchange programme

  17. Popular schemes The Project Trust British Trust for Conservation Volunteers Academic year in the USA Working Holidays Australia African Conservation Experience World-wide volunteering HelpX / WWOOF BUNAC

  18. Lattitudehttp://www.lattitude.org.uk One of the leading year-out providers, specialising in placements for 18-19 year olds 1400 placements in over 30 countries Well-established overseas support networks Non profit-making organization run by volunteers 170 highly qualified adult volunteers around the world Active fund-raising programme to cover 25% of their costs One of the most affordable year-out options available

  19. LattitudeTypes of activity Teaching English as a foreign language Schools - assisting with general activities Caring work assistants Outdoor work / Activity centres Conservation work Hospital work

  20. Plan a Rewarding Gap Year:some examples . . . • Working on a farm in New Zealand • Orphanage work in Romania • Teaching English as a foreign language • Volunteer work for Amnesty International in the UK • Conservation work in the UK • Join an archaeological dig • Working for the RSPCA in the UK as a volunteer • Train as a scuba-diving instructor • Learn Russian in St. Petersburg • Independent travel through eastern Europe

  21. Information and Advice • Web Sites - for example http://www.yearoutgroup.org/ http://www.greatgapyears.co.uk/ http://www.realgap.co.uk/destinations http://www.gapadvice.org • AGS website • Careers Library resources – Gap Year Handbook • AGS Careers Fair – GAP Year providers represented

  22. Clip http://www.youtube.com Facts that will make you want to travel

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