Gap Year

Charity Work: It's never too late to lend a hand

Published: 17 November 2005

If you want to help out following a disaster overseas, or if you're in need of a constructive year out, volunteering opportunities are open to all. Kirsten Downer reports

Geraldine Peacock: Charities need more diverse trustee boards

Published: 17 November 2005

The year of the Volunteer is drawing to its close and all the evidence is that it's been a real success - tapping into a mood and a need in society to give something back. The Commission seized on this opportunity to make a push to encourage people to become charity trustees - the people who govern the 190,000 charities in England and Wales.

A year to save the world

Published: 29 September 2005

The Asian tsunami has inspired many young people to do relief work abroad

How to have a real adventure

Published: 29 September 2005

Take a train or get on a bike to experience the thrill of travel as it used to be

Beating around the bush

Published: 15 August 2005

You may encounter the odd stray leopard or have to decapitate your meals, but Camp Kenya offers a great chance to put something back

Where in the world to go next?

Published: 15 August 2005

The Live8 concerts helped put Africa on the itinerary of many gappers. But old favourites Australia and Thailand remain as popular as ever, says Emma Prest

Highway to the danger zone

Published: 15 August 2005

Some gappers do sun and surf, while others seek their thrills in the nearest war zone

Gap Year Listings

Published: 15 August 2005

Adventureworks

Survival skills can be the kiss of life for gappers

Published: 15 August 2005

Why following in Ewan McGregor's footsteps could help save your life

Teach, train and tackle your way to a sporting good time

Published: 15 August 2005

Combine your passions for sport and travel with an athletic year abroad

What happens when a gapper goes ape

Published: 15 August 2005

Jo Goatly spent two months working on an orangutan reserve in Borneo

How green was my year

Published: 23 September 2004

Jobs in ecology are scarce, so using a gap year to make a head start in your chosen field makes sense, writes Amy McLellan

The time of your life

Published: 01 July 2004

A gap year is a chance to experience things that you would never see or do as a tourist. Don't miss out, urges Peter Slowe

Slopes of freedom

Published: 25 September 2003

The gap year is no longer just about a bit of backpacking: energetic students are now using it to learn skiing, says Emma Haughton

A year of challenge

Published: 26 June 2003

One in eight school-leavers heading for university takes a gap year, says Stephen McCormack. But how to make the best of it?

Rewards of the working gap year

Published: 29 May 2003

A new gap-year competition offers a chance to win a trip to Mexico or India. It's a prize well worth winning, writes Lucy Hodges

How to do good and have fun

Published: 17 October 2002

Young people caught in this summer's A-level fiasco may decide to take a last-minute gap year. Diana Hinds looks at some of the options available

GAP YEAR: The big adventure

Published: 15 August 2002

In return for a some solid preparation, you can gain life skills and memories that will be with you for ever

Education Quandary

Published: 18 July 2002

I finished my teacher training this summer, and want to take a year or more off before teaching, but my fellow students say it would be better to teach for a couple of years, and take time off when I've got some experience under my belt

Nightmare in gap year

Published: 04 July 2002

Taking a year out before university can be a fantastic experience. But when it goes wrong it is a bitter disappointment. Hilary Wilce on how to get it right

Gap Years: Let me introduce you to the world

Published: 11 April 2002

There are six billion people on earth, and a gap year will help you meet a few of them. It's well worth it, says Ben Bland

Kibbutz: A View to a Skill

Published: 31 January 2002

Royeros Christofides recounts his experience on a kibbutz and the practical and social benefits it offers students

Gap years: Have the adventure of a lifetime

Published: 31 January 2002

Are you going to be taking a gap year? Some of you will have already made plans for a year out, but for the rest of you this will be the first time that you have seriously considered a gap year. So to bring you up to speed, read on....

American Dream: Studying in the US

Published: 31 January 2002

A good way to gain your first taste of independence and experience a new culture is by living and studying in the USA, says Theresa Cassidy of Challenge USA

Years out: Aiming for the gap

Published: 31 January 2002

If it seems as though you've been at school for decades and want to get a broader perspective, a Gap year scheme is just what you're looking for, says Ivan Wise
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