Gap Year Praise from woman&home

As Yipiyap hurtles full tilt into their recruitment season for next year’s crop of in-school tutors on their gap year, we stumbled across a cracking article in, where else, woman&home. The author, Chris Morley, discussed the pros and cons of the gap year and pleasingly for us, we felt, on balance, that the article shone a very favourable glow on the gap year.

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Let’s begin with some stats; circa 230,000 18-25-year olds in the UK take a gap year and 80% of these spend a proportion of their year working here at home.

One Mum and Dad commenting about the gap year and subsequent three years at university, “thought of it as a four-year degree”. Well, what greater validation can you get than this?! We think this sums up perfectly what Yipiyap offers; a gap year spent with us should be viewed as the foundation for your degree and university life, equipping you with the skills you need for when you do finally fly the nest to university.

Even the HR profession think we’re onto something; 63% of them believe that a gap year spent working really can help you get one rung ahead on the career ladder.

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Then there was the contribution from the recruitment industry who, let’s face it, are at the business end of the jobs market. Emily Bain from Bain and Gray reckons that if you self-finance your gap year (which Yipiyapers do!), this is seen as a big plus by potential employers.

The universities finally gave their seal of approval; a gap year well spent does wonders for an undergraduate’s maturity, resilience and skill set. One young professional commented that taking a gap year renewed her love of learning after two tough years studying for her A Levels which meant that when she did finally start her degree, she had a renewed vigour. And this is backed up by the British Journal of Developmental Psychology who reckon that a gap year may improve your mental health resulting in a less stressful first year at university.

So, there you have it; you heard it here first in woman&home! Here at Yipiyap, we’ve been banging on for eight years now about the benefits and rewards of taking a gap year and we’re always really pleased when others are equally as evangelical about it as we are. So, come on, what are you waiting for?! Come and talk to Yipiyap about spending your gap year with us!