Category: United Kingdom

Anna from Australia gives us the low-down on working in a UK boarding school during her gap year in Cambridge with Letz Live  Hi! My name is Anna. I graduated from high school in 2016 after studying hard and being involved in every facet of school life…

Ella from Brisbane (Australia) writes in reflecting on her gap year. Coming from year twelve with a love for travel already, my gap year in Kent was one of the most rewarding and eye opening experiences. Now, almost a year later, I’m still printing pho…

We recently caught up with Hugh Britton from Sydney who spent a gap year in the UK with Letz Live in 2017 to see what he thought about his gap year! “Let me start by saying I could not recommend a gap year more highly to anyone….. I’m constantly talkin…

Q. Where and when did you spend your gap year overseas?My gap year was during the year of 2015 in the United Kingdom up in North Yorkshire at a school called Queen Ethelburga’s College.Q. What is your fondest memory of your time overseas? The fondest m…

Dear Future Gappies!I’m going to hit you with the big statement straight off the bat – next year will be the best year of your life!! The amount of memories and experiences you’ll pack into 12 months is incredible (get ready for an Instagram overload)….

We had a delightful catch up with Grace Selkirk who worked as a gap assistant in the UK 4 years ago. Hear what she has to say! Q. Where and when did you spend your gap year overseas?A. I did my gap year in 2014 and worked in a prep-school in Sussex, En…

This week we catch up with Dan Goodburn who spent his gap year in 2014 in Scotland. We asked him 5 quick questions about his gap year experience with Letz Live.  Q. Where and when did you spend your gap year overseas?A. I spent 2014 on my gap year in a…

My name is Harry Scott, as some of you may remember I graduated from Scotch Oakburn College in Tasmania. Following the conclusion of my schooling years I lived abroad for the entirety of 2017 in a small town in England called Sevenoaks, which is twenty…

How taking a gap year made me do the growing up I never knew I neededWhen you finish your final year of high school, you know absolutely everything. You’ve stayed up memorising chemical formulas until the sun peeks out and the birds outside tell you to…

 “Just do it!” – as Nike would say. For years I had many a conversation with different kinds of people about taking a gap year. By the end, the decision was easy – I had met no one who had regretted taking a gap year, but many who regretted not taking …