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Students should abandon gap-year plans and work at a local sports shop or a supermarket, according to a City lawyer.

Sandie Okoro, global lead lawyer for HSBC Global Asset Management, argued that students were better off getting "old-fashioned Saturday jobs" rather than spending 12 months at a far-flung animal sanctuary or orphanage. Such projects mainly signalled that "daddy is rich", according to Okoro.

"Forget about the going to China and changing the world or whatever. What are you actually doing that's different? I want people who can come to me and have had real experiences," said Okoro in comments reported by the Daily Telegraph.

Speaking at the Girls' Day School Trust conference, Okoro said gap years had "become the norm" and almost formulaic. "I see lots of similar things of the gap years. I'd like to see the mundane and ordinary come back in."

She added: "It is very difficult to get into the workplace because it isn't just about academics any more. And in some professions everyone's got the same academics, and they can speak five languages as well. What are you going to bring to me that isn't in front of me on somebody else's CV?

"I see all these wonderful places, they've gone off to China and built an orphanage, they've done this and done that. OK, so your daddy is rich. That's great. But when have you worked at JD Sports at the weekend to earn some money? When have you dealt with the public? They don't care where you went to school."

Okoro had a Saturday job at Marks & Spencer before embarking on a City career. She said: "If you come from a background where things are a little bit more challenging financially, you can't afford to take that gap year and do that. You're thinking how am I going to pay those university fees.

"I'd like to see the effort from the person. In the independent sector, there's a lot of networking where you're plugged into these things. It's easier to go to China or to go and help in an orphanage. But what if you're not plugged into that? Actually, spending a year working at JD Sports and maybe moving up to supervisor is just as significant and should be valued."

Gap years have drawn criticism before. In 2010, a three-minute video entitled Gap Yah went viral in which actor Matt Lacey satirised people "who seem to be leaving these shores to vomit all over the developing world".
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Forget gap years and get a job in JD Sports, advises City lawyer

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Students should abandon gap-year plans and work at a local sports shop or a supermarket, according to a City lawyer. Sandie Okoro, global lead lawyer for HSBC Global Asset Management, argued that students were better off getting "old-fashioned Saturday jobs" rather than spending 12 months at a far-flung animal sanctuary or orphanage.

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Why British gap year students are choosing India

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There has been an increase in the number of young people booking gap year projects to work and travel abroad.

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So out goes the bumming-around option and in comes the character-building overseas adventure, with the obligatory, putting-something-back element. Whereas the most that the average Seventies backpacker ever did for a local community was spend money at their tavernas, today's gappers almost invariably perform some kind of useful environmental task as part of their stay. That said, the level of volunteering can range from splashing paint on the wall of a Tanzanian school to putting in long hours at a hard-up Romanian orphanage.

The best way to identify firms that are genuinely committed to community work is to look at the people who founded them. Greater levels of altruism tend to come from ex-Forces personnel who have spent half their lives in the country concerned, rather than the 25-year-old ex-windsurfing instructor who throws in a couple of conscience days in between the snorkelling and the safari.

Definitely in the genuine camp are the expeditions organised by Operation Raleigh (founder Colonel John Blashford-Snell).

"We spent our first three weeks in northern Nicaragua building a road so that trucks could bring equipment and materials to construct a water-supply system for the village," says 19-year-old Raleigh alumnus Michael Emery, now studying history and international relations at Exeter University. "Then we cut pathways through the jungle on an old prison island called San Lucas, where they are converting the jail into a place for tourists to stay."

Meanwhile, for 20-year-old Robin Middleburgh, helping for three months in a Ghanaian hospital was a useful way of getting work experience before starting his medical degree at Durham University.

"The whole experience made a huge impression on me," says Middleburgh, who wants to return to Africa as a trained doctor. "It certainly made me more appreciative of our own health-care system."

Increasingly, it seems, parents are favouring this kind of trip because it improves their offspring's career prospects.

"We're definitely seeing a trend towards CV enhancement," says Peter Slowe from Projects Abroad. "In an ever-more-competitive job market, something like this makes a candidate stand out, especially if the person has shown initiative and raised money for the trip."

Of course, an even better way of getting a job after university is to have done one before university. Doubtless this is why the number of people applying for a one-year, pre-college post through Year In Industry has gone up by 15 per cent in the past year.

Admittedly, spending your gap year as a production engineer with a Dumbarton heating firm may not be quite as glamorous as swanning around the tropics, but it not only earns money (£10,000-£14,000 per year), it also gives you a firm foot on the employment ladder.

As to whether it alters your world view, however, that is open to question.

"My 10 weeks in Central America completely changed my life," says Mike Emery. "I've come back a different person: more tolerant, more calm and more confident. I have learnt that if the shower doesn't work, it's not the end of the world."

Contact details for all these organisations can be found on the Year Out Group website (www.yearoutgroup.org) a group of 37 different gap year providers, bound by a fixed code of conduct and business practice

MIND THE GAP

How to find the right kind of adventure:

Start research early - a gap year lasts 15 months, not just 12.

Work out a rough timetable - a five-week, 10-week or 12-month trip?

Define your comfort zone - mud huts or feather pillows?

Decide on the level of doing good - how much helping, how much holidaying?

Find out who founded the firm - does their vision still live on?

Get the inside story - from past students, via phone or Facebook.

Ask if the firm has... a crisis management plan? Its own staff overseas or just agents?

Share the cost - the more your child invests in the trip, the more they get out. Honest.

HAVE YOUR SAY

How should young people spend their gap years?

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Should your child have a 'gap year' before college?

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Princeton encourages it. Harvard's a big fan. From Tufts to MIT, some of the most prestigious universities in the nation are urging students to consider something that would make most parents cringe: The idea of putting off college for a year in favor of some much-needed downtime.

It's called a "gap year." And while it's been a common and popular rite of passage in Australia and the U.K. for decades, the concept is now starting to gain significant steam here in America.

Why? A growing number of high school seniors are balking at riding the academic conveyer belt from preschool all the way to university. They're burnt out. Or not quite ready. Or they want to explore a few interests before deciding what to study in college. So instead of packing their bags in anticipation of freshman year, they're volunteering in New Orleans or teaching in Thailand. They're starting the great American novel, or interning to help figure out what they want to do with their lives.

Understandably, that makes a lot of parents nervous. But before you drive your kid to college in an armored truck and deliver him to the dorm yourself, it's important to understand the facts, including what a gap year is, and what it is not.

For one, a gap year does not mean that a student is doomed to remain degree-less forever. While there are no formal studies on the number of students who never end up making their way to college post-gap, anecdotal evidence from admissions officers across the country says very few actually drop off the college radar. Taking a gap year can actually make kids more focused and ready for the rigors of academic life. In fact, Harvard, arguably the most competitive university in the country, believes so much in the gap year that they encourage every student they admit to consider a year off before matriculation. And Princeton has just announced a new program called the "bridge year" that will allow newly admitted students to spend a year performing public service abroad before beginning their freshman year.

The reason behind higher education's support of the gap year is clear: Better-prepared students mean higher completion rates. And it's completion that matters. Parents should remember that getting a kid into college is only half the battle. According to the College Board, three out of five students who enter a public four-year college don't manage to snag a degree within five years. And nearly 30 percent of all students who enter college don't return for their sophomore year. Considering the fact that this year's average price at a four-year private college is a whopping $23,712 per year, it's a pretty expensive place to dabble. Sending a kid who's not ready to college is like sending a kid who's not feeling hungry to an all-you-can-eat buffet.

That said, not all gap years are created equal. If you have a kid determined to take a year off, here are some guidelines to follow:

Have the money talk

Just because you're willing to chip in for college doesn't mean you're on the hook for a gap year as well. Remember, it's about learning responsibility in the real world. Be honest up front about what you are - and are not - willing to do. Require that your child create an in-depth budget for her year, in addition to telling you how she plans to contribute financially. While many students dream of a year of unfettered travel, it's perfectly reasonable to require that your kid wait some tables for a few months to pay for all or some of the year.

A gap year should be a measured decision, not a procrastination technique. It should never be used to avoid taking the SAT or ACT on time, stall the need to fill out college applications, or jump into the Senior Slide early. If you have a high schooler under your roof who's dreaming of taking a year off, keep him on track. Act as if he's going to college as planned. Once he gains admission, he can call the college to request a deferment, which most admissions offices will gladly grant.

The best way to start a gap year is with an admissions offer to your dream school in hand. But for students who didn't get into their college of choice the first time around, a gap offers a second crack at it. Holly Bull, director of the Center for Interim Programs, the oldest gap year advisory service in the country, says that for students who've had less than stellar grades during senior year, a gap year offers a second chance to show solid performance, through an academic program abroad or some other curriculum-based program. Sometimes the gap year can make all the difference in getting an acceptance letter the second time around, Bull says. "It's been known to happen. It's certainly not a guarantee, not something you can bank on, but we've had some."

The most successful gap years are full of unexpected surprises along the way. But in between all those surprises lives a lot of planning. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - a chance for your child to see the world and figure out their place in it. If they're angling for independence, have them prove they deserve it by doing research and coming up with a course of action. From a budget to a schedule to the phone calls needed to land that dream internship, the planning phase is just as vital to the gap year, and just as much a learning experience, as the gap itself. It's perfectly OK to deviate from the plan once the year begins, but starting without one is a recipe for disaster.

Which programs are worth a year off? From building houses in the inner city to teaching English in Ghana, we've got the goods on the best programs out there. Go to education.com for a list of 11 amazing gap year opportunities.

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Princeton encourages it. Harvard's a big fan. From Tufts to MIT, some of the most prestigious universities in the nation are urging students to consider something that would make most parents cringe: The idea of putting off college for a year in favor of some much-needed downtime. It's called a "gap year."

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The traditional gap year may be up in the air, with uncertainty over travel and student jobs, but volunteering in the UK will remain a viable option

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A gap year, also known as a sabbatical year, is typically a year-long break before or after college/university during which students engage in various educational and developmental activities, such as travel or some type of regular work. Students who take gap years typically achieve a growth in maturity and are better prepared to benefit from higher education or decide the form of education they wish to pursue. Gap years usually occur between high school and university; or after graduating from university and before entry into graduate school. These students might take advanced courses in math or language studies, learn a trade, study art, volunteer, travel, take internships, play sports, or get involved in cultural exchanges. Studies indicate that students who take a gap year perform better academically than those who do not. However, many parents also worry that their children will defer continuation of their education.

Gap years first became common in the 1960s where the young, baby boom generation wanted to get away from the severity of war from their parents generation. At first, the primary purpose of the gap year was for countries to exchange cultural ideals in the hope of preventing future wars.[dubious ] The outcome of this exchange was the growth of the gap year industry.

The introduction of gap year companies in the 1960s and 1970s started the gap year industry. With the long-term success of organizations like Topdeck, Flight Centre, and Raleigh International, the gap year industry developed rapidly. In 1967, Nicholas Maclean-Bristol created Project Trust, which sent three volunteers to Ethiopia from the UK. The goal of this was to help the nation develop, but also build the volunteers' own skills. In 1972, Gap Activity Projects (now Lattitude Global Volunteering) was started to send UK youth around the world on Gap Year experiences. Their participants, still called "Gappers", went a long way to branding the year between high school and university as a Gap Year. In 1973, Graham Turner innovated the gap year industry by purchasing a bus and selling tickets to Kathmandu. This led to Turner creating Topdeck and Flight Centre, which are successful gap year companies today. In 1978, the Prince of Wales and Colonel John Blashford-Snell began Operation Drake which what is now known as Raleigh International, an expedition voyage around the world following Sir Francis Drake's route.

In 1969, the first gap year organization was founded in Worcester, Massachusetts. The organization called Dynamy was founded with the intentions of teaching young people self confidence and the role they play in a large community. In the 1980s, the gap year idea was promoted by Cornelius H. Bull in the United States to allow students more time for individual growth. Cornelius saw that students needed a bridge between high school and college that would help develop more hands-on skills. To do this, he founded the Center for Interim Programs in 1980 which had goals of increasing self-awareness and developing new cultural perspectives.

Australians and New Zealanders have a tradition of travelling overseas independently at a young age. In New Zealand this is known as "doing an OE" ( Overseas experience). Sometimes this is limited to one year, but at times Australians and New Zealanders will remain overseas for longer, many working short-term in service industry jobs to fund their travels. Europe and Asia are popular destinations for Gap Year travels. In Australia, exchange programs and youth benefits provide many opportunities for young people to gain experience through travel in a gap year. The Gap Year Association provided approximately four million dollars in 2016 in the form of scholarships and need based grants.

The Time Credit system in Belgium entitles employees of one year per lifetime of absence from their job, in order to prevent burn-out and to provide an opportunity to pursue other important things in life.

In Denmark during the late 1990s the percentage of students continuing their education directly after high school was down to 25%. Along with this drop there was a rise in the number of students enrolling and graduating within ten years of finishing high school. Data also shows that women in Denmark take more gap years than men. In 2018, a record low of 15% of that year's high school graduates had chosen to continue their education directly after graduation.

Denmark has sought to limit the number of students who take a year out, penalizing students who delay their education to travel abroad or work full-time. In 2006, it was announced that fewer students than before had taken a year out. In April 2009, the Danish government proposed a new law which gives a bonus to students who refrain from a year out.

In Ghana, most senior high school leavers have a year out from August to the August of the following year, although this is not mandatory.

In Israel, it is customary for young adults who have completed their mandatory military service to engage in backpacker tourism abroad in groups before starting university or full-time work ( he:טיול אחרי צבא, "post-army trip").

Israel has also become a popular gap year travel destination for thousands of young Jewish adults from abroad each year. There are over 10,000 participants in the Masa Israel Journey gap year annually.

The employment practice known as simultaneous recruiting of new graduates matches students with jobs before graduation, meaning sabbaticals are highly unusual in Japan.

While unusual, gap years in Japan are not completely unheard of. Some students will take a gap year or two to readjust or reassess their career path or school of choice if not accepted into the school they had originally hoped for.

While waiting for their JAMB result after secondary school, Nigerian youths usually learn a trade or skill, or enroll for another academic program (remedial, pre-degree, JUPEB, A-levels, IJMB, etc.) to increase their chances of getting into a university.

In Romania, after finishing high school, for some universities an admission exam is required. People who do not succeed in passing sometimes take a gap year to study, usually passing in their second attempt. This is common in medicine and engineering.

Similar to the way that some students travel during a gap year, many Romanian students instead study abroad and in recent years the number of students who choose to do this has been growing.

In the Republic of South Africa, taking a year off is common for those in more affluent classes. School leavers often travel abroad to gain life experience. It is not uncommon for gap year students to travel to Cape Town for life experience. Common volunteer opportunities include working in animal welfare or tree planting.

In the United Kingdom, the practice of taking a gap year - seen as an interim period of 7 or 8 months between completing secondary education and starting university - began to develop in the 1970s. The period was seen as a time for gaining life experience through travel or volunteering. Universities appear to welcome post-gap-year applicants on the same basis as those going straight to university from previous education.

The number of students aged 18 opting to defer their university place in order to take a gap year reached a peak of 21,020 in 2008. This figure crashed to 7,320 in 2011 - a year before the introduction of greatly increased tuition fees by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. Deferrals in 2016 were near their peak again although Year Out Group states its members now take more bookings from students outside the UK. Shorter gap style experiences (volunteering, expeditions, courses and work placements) are gaining in popularity, as they can be taken without the need to take a full year out of study or work.

In the United States, the practice of taking a "year off" remains the exception, but is gaining in popularity. Parents are starting to encourage their high school graduates to take a gap year to focus on service opportunities. Schools are also beginning to support gap years more; most notably Harvard University and Princeton University, are now encouraging students to take time off, and some have even built gap year-like programs into the curriculum, and many high schools now have counsellors specifically for students interested in taking a gap year.

Taking a year off has recently become slightly more common for Americans, the main reasons are that students are feeling burnt out with schooling and want to take time to make sure their lives are headed in a direction that suits them. Some 40,000 Americans participated in 2013 in sabbatical programs, an increase of almost 20% since 2006, according to statistics compiled by the American Gap Association. Universities such as Georgetown University, New York University, Amherst College, Princeton University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Middlebury College, Davidson College, Yeshiva University, and Reed College have formal policies allowing students to defer admission.

Tufts University offers a program called 1+4 which allows students from lower income families to volunteer abroad or within America for a period of one year before starting their bachelor's degree. Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, is the first U.S. university to fully integrate the gap year into a four-year undergraduate degree, which makes financial aid directly available to any student considering a gap year.

Some formal gap year programs can cost as much as $30,000, but cheaper alternatives are becoming more widely available; some reduce costs by offering room and board. For example, the National Civilian Community Corps, an AmeriCorps program, offers 18-24-year olds (no age limit for Team Leaders) an all-expense-paid gap year (room & board, meals, transportation, etc.) in exchange for a 10-month commitment to National and Community service. AmeriCorps NCCC members travel the country in diverse teams and perform a variety of tasks such as rebuilding trails in national parks, responding to natural disasters or working as mentors for disadvantaged youths. As with most AmeriCorps programs, service members receive an education award of approximately $6,000 upon completion of their service that can be used toward qualified educational expenses or student loans. The zero cost to the member model AmeriCorps offers makes it an attractive alternative to costly gap year programs while leveraging taxpayer dollars to strengthen American communities.

Additionally, new federal partnerships such as FEMA Corps offer traditional gap year seekers an immersive professional and team building experience that can serve as a launch pad for their careers. Some government programs designed to help students afford college prohibit students from taking a gap year. For example, the Tennessee Promise program requires that students must "Attend full-time and continuously at an eligible postsecondary institution as defined in T.C.A. § 49-4-708 in the fall term immediately following graduation or attainment of a GED or HiSET diploma; except that a student enrolling in a Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) may enroll in the summer prior to the fall term." Malia Obama, daughter of former President Barack Obama, took a gap year before attending Harvard university in the fall of 2017. Universities such as Harvard and Princeton are encouraging students to take a Gap year. This time that is taken off can be beneficial so students don't "burn out" or partake in indulging behaviors that promote unhealthy stress.

In Venezuela, students from elite schools generally do their undergraduate studies outside of Venezuela. Gap years were unknown in Venezuela until educational consultant Nelson Agelvis, then counselor of the "Moral y Luces Herzl-Bialik Jewish School" in Caracas, insisted on having applicants to US colleges do them. The students went to leadership courses in Israel, postgraduate years at elite US schools, tutorial colleges in the UK, work internships, language centers across the globe, and exploration gap years in remote countries. Today, the practice has become more widespread and Venezuela is a major economic contributor to the gap year. They are also major contributors in the college studies and English studies industries, especially in countries such as Ireland.

In Yemen, a defer year is mandatory between secondary school (high school) and university. Unless one attends a private university, they must wait one year after secondary school before applying to university. Until the nineties it was mandatory for male graduates to go to the army for one year, and to teach in a school or work in a hospital for female graduates (and for men who cannot attend the army for health reasons).

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L'idée de prendre une année sabbatique, c'est vouloir interrompre temporairement son parcours scolaire, universitaire ou professionnel pour prendre le temps d'explorer de nouveaux horizon ou se donner le temps de réaliser un projet.
Pour les étudiants, on parle plus souvent de Parenthèse utile ou de " gap year " en anglais. Vous trouverez plus d'information sur les avantages du volontariat lors de cette coupure sur notre page dédiée à l'année de césure.

Congé solidaire et année sabbatique

De plus en plus de nos volontaires sont des personnes qui ont décidé de prendre des congés sabbatiques après avoir travaillé pendant plusieurs années. Certains ont besoin de prendre du recul, d'autres de réaliser un projet qui leur tient à cœur ou bien simplement prendre le temps de vivre une nouvelle expérience. Quelle que soit la motivation, nos volontaires en congés sabbatiques apportent avec eux une certaine maturité et des connaissances très appréciées par nos partenaires locaux. Plusieurs de nos projets vous permettront de mettre à profit vos compétences mais vous pourrez également repartir à zéro et acquérir des connaissances dans un nouveau domaine !

Les options de volontariat pendant votre année sabbatique

Un congé sabbatique ne signifie pas nécessairement partir un an ou s'éloigner de son activité professionnelle. Vous pouvez également simplement avoir envie de découvrir un pays en vous rendant utile ou encore venir en aide à ceux qui en ont besoin. Nos missions de volontariat durent en général 4 semaines, certaines sont également réalisable sur un séjour de 1 ou 2 semaines, ce qui vous donne la possibilité de rejoindre un projet au cours de vos vacances. Beaucoup d'enseignants nous rejoignent souvent au cours des grandes vacances d'été par exemple !

Les entreprises sont de plus en plus nombreuses à encourager les congés sabbatiques car elles y voient un moyen pour leurs employés de profiter de cette période pour satisfaire une envie d'aventure et de découverte avec la sécurité de retrouver son emploi en rentrant. Certaines entreprises financent également en parti les missions de volontariat de leurs employés à conditions de pouvoir justifier de l'impact positif de ce voyage. Nous pouvons bien évidemment vous aider à fournir ce type d'informations à votre entreprise si besoin. Pour en savoir plus, vous pouvez consulter notre page sur le congé de solidarité volontaire.

Pour ceux qui ont soif de découverte et envie d'aider mais se sentent plus à l'aise entourés, nous proposons également des missions en groupe pour les 50 ans et plus. Ces missions vous permettent de mettre à profit votre expérience sur des courtes durées en venant en aide à des populations locales dans des pays en développement. Chacune de ces missions de groupes à lieu à dates fixes et s'étend sur 2 semaines en suivant un programme précis vous permettant de tirer le meilleur de votre temps sur place.

Retrouvez le témoignage d'une ancienne volontaire

" Je m'appelle Sonia. Je reviens de 5 semaines au Mexique, en tant que volontaire avec Projects Abroad. Je suis médecin généraliste avec une compétence en pédiatrie pour les touts petits jusqu'à 2 ans. Je n'ai pas voulu partir en tant que volontaire professionnelle, je voulais me tourner vers d'autres domaines. J'ai donc choisi le centre de jeunes adolescents en difficulté pour 4 semaines à Ciudad Guzman, et le centre de protection des tortues marines à Chupadero, près de Tecoman pour une semaine supplémentaire. "

Sonia Verin, Aide à l'enfance au Mexique

Retrouvez l'intégralité de ce témoignage

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