Year Out Abroad, After Uni

[HippyMchop]

Hey guys,

 

 

I am just about to finish a year in industry (which I haven’t really enjoyed) and go back to uni for my final year after which I should walk away with some class of BEng in Aero Engineering. Before I am forced by money / personal life / career (in whatever I end up doing) to settle down; I am thinking / wanting to take a year out, to do what I am not sure.

 

 

 

I have a few possible options in my mind as to what I can do but was wondering what other people have done.

 

 

 

Some of the things I am thinking of are;

• I have the option of going travelling with a friend of a friend but not sure how much I want to do this and realise it is likely to cost me a fortune and won’t be for a full year.

• Try and find a job somewhere nice for a year in another country which will hopefully have something to do with kite surfing where I can relax / have fun and kite surf. Prob be on my own for this one...

• The final option is to try and find work at one of the many children’s camps abroad for a year as a councillor as I have done this for the past 5 years through summer for a local school as an assistant open boating instructor and is something I really enjoy.

 

So if any of you guys have taken gap years abroad or have ideas speak up and share ur experience! I Know its still a year away but need something to look forward to other than work for after uni! lol

 

 

 

Thanks for any thoughts / Ideas guys!

 

Dave,

[Nemo]

I've just done the gap year thing, worked and saved for a while, then blew it! I went on a diving conservation project in the seychelles for 5 weeks with a company called GVI, or Global Vision International who are brilliant. The specailise in going gap year projects, and do anything that you might even be remotly interested in. I had a brillaint time, and really want to go back!

 

If you fancy a look, http://www.gvi.co.uk/

[jordan_aryan]

im in exactly the same position as you.

im just going into 3rd year, and need to go on a trip at the end. seeing that ive done uni before a gap year, i can spend as long as i want abroad.

personally, ive got 2 ideas;

 

1) go some where completely original and add it to the kitesurfing map...im thinking Samoa.

 

2) go to a place called 'X-isle sports'. its on the coast of kenya. you get your instructors certificate and a shed loads of other stuff. Go onto facebook and look up X-isle sports in the groups, tells you more info.

 

still considering my options, but going to make it kitesurfing orientated.

[jordan_aryan]

http://www.x-is.co.uk/

[abbe89]

What im planning to do after a year or so of working is go to Australia on a working tourist visa...where you can do casual work to fund your trip, say working in bars or fruit picking!!

[pyromunky]

Just finishing my year in industry, where were you at?

 

Mine has been great would definately choose it again.

 

I spent a month in Oz in the middle of the year and wish I had been there a year I would definately do the whole work and travel thing out in oz if I were you. I want to go back for a few months after uni.

 

Personally I think the expeditions and conservation projects are a rip off you pay like £3k for a month or something I was in Oz for a month for about £1.5k I didnt work at all out there.

[HippyMchop]

I took a year out as a production engineer working at a company called Actaris, based in Manchester. I finished after 9 months as I had decided it wasn’t something I didn’t want to do with the rest of my life and production engineer isn't really on the up and up at mo either.

 

I am now working at Kirklees Council as a Civil Engineer but still not thinking it’s for me, I can't get used to being at a desk all day, as I am a really active person. I think I may well end up doing a PGCE and become a teacher as I really enjoy working with kids, I am also looking at joining the police.

 

TBH I was wanting to spend more like 9 to 10 months where ever I end up, which is why I didn’t like the idea of the majority of stuff only being 3 months max! I may go the way of travelling and earning money as I go, so the traveller’s visa sounds like a bit of a plan... i.e. work in a bar and surf may just have to try recruiting some people.

[tiny_clanger]

Are you planning to go back to uni first, or suspend studies for a year after your Sandwich placement and resume your course after (take 2 years out instead of 1 yr placement?)

 

If the second, then you should bear in mind that there will be financial implications if you are a home (LEA funded) student.

[ScoobyRob]

What im planning to do after a year or so of working is go to Australia on a working tourist visa...where you can do casual work to fund your trip, say working in bars or fruit picking!!

 

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[HippyMchop]

@TINY:- I am thinking I am going to go back to uni first finish my main degree and then go on from there. There is no way i am missing a year as when I go back I would be forced to pay the new £3000 fees!!

 

@Rob:- lol, come on... there is room for one for one more for a year