Ppt Gap Year

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The Gap Year Project

Maximising the benefits of a pre-course

Gap Year


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Project Team

Dr Alan Blackburn

Dr Gordon Clark

David Pilgrim

Funded by: Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund


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Project Aims

Explore the relative merits of a Gap Year

Develop recommendations for students and

University departments

Explore some links between taking a gap year

and student learning


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How many people take a gap year?

Varying estimates, 50,000100,000 p/year

20,000 defer

Growing marketestimated to treble in next 3-

5 years


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What to do?

Stay in the UK

Travel Abroad

Work for money

Work for experience

Travel

Volunteer

Increase qualifications


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Research Areas

Literature Review

Student Focus Groups

Admissions Tutors thoughts

Phone interviews with gap year organisations


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Findings from Literature Review

Take time away from study

Earn money

Work experience

See new cultures

Learn new skills

To do something exciting

Time out to ensure best decision is madeGain independence


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Findings from focus groups

Mature during the year

Earn money

Life experience

Come back to University more motivated

Work Experience

Have an adventure

Develop C.V building skills

Benefits of taking a gap year


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Lose rhythm of study

Forget previous knowledgeMoney

Feel left behind friends

Worried parentsGirl/Boyfriend

Safety/illness worries

Potential barriers to taking a gap year

Findings from focus groups


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Does a gap year help you get to

University?

we look for real-life experience outside of the

classroom, evidence of a well rounded

personality, able to accept responsibility for

their own learningso we look at gap years ina positive way

Admissions Tutor

De Montford University


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Results from admissions tutors

Hard Sciences less positive

Arts very much in favour

All mentioned maturity, ability to settle and

likelihood to succeed.

Personal development


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Gap Year Providers

Big businessupwards of 300 providers

Providers are at the costly end of market

Many cheaper opportunities though, in

volunteering sector and domestically.Increasing government involvement

New gap year standards market starting to

regulate itself. (Year-Out-Group andgapyear.com)


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Key points from research

Structured year is very important

Potential gappers need to:

clarify aims and costs

What will you get from a year out?record experiences / skills acquired

Very little research done into gap years

Brings different kinds of students intouniversity


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Final Quotes

A gap year is proven to put young people ahead

in life

Two out of three sixth formers want to take a

year out or are thinking of doing so

Gapyear.com - annual report, 2001

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