Teaching-Abroad.co.uk

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Teaching & Projects Abroad, Volunteering since 1992 in 20 destinations around the world

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In the early 1990s some students wanted a break from study - a 'gap year', although the term wasn't yet in common use. They approached their geography lecturer about travelling and working in Eastern Europe. The lecturer, Dr Peter Slowe, had difficulty finding any opportunities for this kind of travel combined with work experience, so he set about arranging for his students to go and teach English in Romania, where he knew some fellow academics. This was how Teaching & Projects Abroad began in 1992.

Until 1997, we were a small organisation with two part-time staff sending university students for work experience teaching placements in Eastern Europe. But with more and more people taking time out on academic and work-related breaks - and with many developing countries in need of self-funded volunteers - our organised volunteer programmes have mushroomed around the world. Our volunteers now do a lot more than just teach English.

We now have over 20 staff in our offices in West Sussex - not far from the university where Peter Slowe (the geographer who founded Teaching & Projects Abroad ) used to teach. With over 100 trained staff at our destinations, and offering over 80 generic placements and a wide choice within these placements, we are now the leading volunteer placement organisation in the UK.