Taking the Leap: Why a Gap Year Is Your Smartest Move Yet

Taking the Leap: Why a Gap Year Is Your Smartest Move Yet If you’re somewhere between finishing high school and the early years of college, chances are you might be thinking “Should I take a gap year?” Well, we’re here to say, “Absolutely, yes!”...


A tutor is not the same as a lecturer

Director, Nick Ross, explains the why our AHA tutors have a very specific role. A tutor helps a student with their studies and the development of their ideas in situations outside a classroom, either individually or in small groups. It is this distinct role of the...


20 years ago today…

We were so delighted to hear from our former Senior Tutor and Course Manager, Dan Evans, having reminisced with friends about his gap year.  He has kindly shared his thoughts on what has clearly been a momentous journey. Photos: Dan teaching in the Bargello,...


The Assumption of Mary, Titian

A Scholarship winner … 18 years on

We’ve been running our Trenchard Cox Art History Abroad Scholarship for over 20 years, continuing our mission to inspire a lifelong love of learning about subjects from art and architecture to history, literature and music. Here we catch up with one of our former winners, Annabel...