Lack of university places 'increasing gap year take-up'
Wednesday, September 30, 2009The lack of university places for would-be students in the UK is leading many people to take gap years, it has been suggested.
In recent times the number of people heading on gap years that incorporate destinations around the world has "increased dramatically", according to Marcus Watts, founder of travel firm Gapforce.
"So many students have had high grades that universities are looking for their personal statement on their application form to find them doing something interesting," he explained.
Building huts in South American countries such as Ecuador or lending a hand in the animal sanctuaries of India may make suitable tasks for those who choose to go on a gap year after they finish their A-levels.
Mr Watts claims that higher education institutions are looking for their prospective students to have had experience of the world and highlighted working in an orphanage or local school as ways of achieving this.
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