The gap year guide for anxious parents – and how to prepare your teen travellers
Everything you need to make sure your child goes out into the great wide beyond feeling as organised as possible
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Everything you need to make sure your child goes out into the great wide beyond feeling as organised as possible
After enduring remote learning and lockdowns, Britain's students have so much to gain if they choose to adventure abroad before university
'I had no idea what to expect on my pandemic gap year – or how long I could stay' Despite the pandemic, twins Tilly and Christa Cripwell still managed to travel to Africa as volunteers on (separate) gap years. Here’s how 5 July 2021 • 5:00am A hippo with Mount Kilimanjaro as a dramatic backdrop Credit: Sebastian Condrea/Getty Images Contributor Tilly Cripwell Before any of us knew what a global pandemic was, I had pictured a gap year following the well-trodden backpacker trails of South-East Asia or South America. By September last year I was aiming to finish my time at an independent ...