Why Take a Gap Year After High School

Why Take a Gap Year After High School

Rhiannon Osborne Tonner is in her final year of UCL studying Natural Sciences. She interned on a month long Start Me Up UX Internship. Has anyone ever told you that University days are the best days of your life? I’m confident they’ve never taken a year out.  Taking a...
The Value of Mentors on the Start Me Up Program

The Value of Mentors on the Start Me Up Program

Chicagoan Kai Cromwell loved surfing and already had his own idea for a surf brand, KeAloha Threads, which makes causal wear from recycled plastic. He spent his Startup Internship in Bali learning more about sales, marketing and advertising so he could develop and...
Learning Web Design and UX in Bali

Learning Web Design and UX in Bali

Tayla Christensen worked on a web development and UX project, as part of  Start Me Up’s Startup Internship Program, for a Bali-based social enterprise.  Tayla was looking for a way to get some more experience of the startup world while she traveled around South East...
How to Fund a Gap Year Abroad

How to Fund a Gap Year Abroad

I like to think that I’ve mastered the art of the gap year. I’ve had three in total and found ways to be completely independent without needing money from study financing or parents. My gap year habit leads most people to assume that I’m a lazy rich kid. But I assure...
6 Reasons to Take a Gap Year

6 Reasons to Take a Gap Year

Being from America, the idea of a “gap year” was rarely discussed or encouraged. I didn’t even realize I was on a gap year until someone pointed it out. I discovered gap years are much more common amongst people from Europe and Australia and I was excited to have...
My Fourth Week Interning in Bali

My Fourth Week Interning in Bali

My fourth week interning in Bali has passed at lightning speed. As always I’ve met all sorts of interesting people, made some great contacts in all types of industries, achieved some amazing things and had a fantastic time while doing it. Within weeks of arriving, I...
Why Gap Years Aren’t Just for Rich Kids

Why Gap Years Aren’t Just for Rich Kids

“Malia Obama’s ‘Gap Year’ Is Part of a Growing (and Expensive) Trend,” said Mike Mcphate of the New York Times, after it was announced that Malia Obama, daughter of Michelle and Barack, was having a gap year before she went to Harvard. Some newspapers cited costs in...