The grad trip entails travelling overseas with one's closest group of friends to commemorate
the completion of tertiary and formal education and is bookended by the carefree freedom in …

Based on up to date qualitative and ethnographic research, this book examines youth
education-to-work transitions in the UK. Using the theoretical lens of a Foucauldian …

My research project reflects on the public role of UK higher education through an
investigation into the emergence of Grand Challenges. Grand Challenges are initiatives that …

This thesis is situated in the context of a gap-year education programme operated in Bolivia
and Peru by a US-based organisation. Inspired by Paolo Freire's social-emancipatory …

A voluntary social year, or what is more known in the United States as a “gap year,” typically
takes place after the students have finished their high school education and before they …

This paper presents ethnographic data from a third sector organisation in 2009, as it set up a
development education programme to enhance its standard gap year volunteering …