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VSO: update gap year

Published on
August 18, 2006
Last updated
May 22, 2015

Gap-year programmes for UK students are at risk of becoming outdated and a new form of colonialism, according to international development charity Voluntary Service Overseas. The charity is calling for a rethink on gap years to make them "fit for the 21st century".

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