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Teaching English in Thailand: Real stories from Love TEFL teachers

International Policy Advisor Caitlin Dixon left Newcastle, Australia, to teach English in Thailand. She shares her experience of trawling Bangkok’s hospital system, buying a fruit smoothie and mango and sticky rice every morning for breakfast and how she’d excel at those difficult interview questions in the future.

Catlin Dixon is an International Policy Advisor and English graduate but (more…)

Traditional gap years are being put on hold!

Traditional gap years once considered rites of passage for most students are now being reconsidered in favour of working gap years abroad after university says LoveTEFL.

The growing trend for students taking a gap year after their A-Levels has been reported to have declined after universities started charging up to £9000 per year for tuition fees in 2012.

Although gap years were once deemed as an excuse to ‘drop out’ for a year, many students and their parents are now no longer in the position to support a year of backpacks and beaches. Therefore, many students are now considering (more…)

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