Planning Your Gap Year : Hundreds of Opportunities for Employment, Study, Volunteer Work and Independent Travel

The diversity of gap year opportunities on offer is such that it is only limited by your imagination or your ambition. Packed with ideas on where to go and what to do, this guidebook will make your planning easier. OVER 220 CONTACT ORGANISATIONS VALUABLE ADVICE ON HEALTH AND SAFETY USING THE INTERNET FOR RESEARCH - AND WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE PERSONAL ACCOUNTS FROM PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE AND DONE IT WRITTEN FOR SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY LEAVERS, VOLUNTEERS AND MID CAREER YEAR-OUTERS Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; frontmatter03.html; 1 Preparing Before You Go; Why do it?; Why not do it?; Deciding what to do; Funding a year out; Checklist; Check your year out suitability; 2 Deciding When to Go; Going between school and university; Looking at opportunities for school leavers 16; Using the year for education; During and after university; The British Universities North America Club (BUNAC); Camp America; Assessing opportunities in education; Considering the drawbacks of a year abroad after university; Preparing for a mid-life year abroad; Summary