{"id":3420,"date":"2015-07-31T11:42:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2018-06-12T09:10:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T09:10:39","slug":"holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a lot of work and a lot of study, our students have finished up and are hopefully enjoying their summer holidays and a well deserved rest.<\/h2>\n

One of the great things about university is the holidays. When you start your undergraduate degree, you have 3 or 4 years in front of you. With approximately 3 months holidays per year, that works out at about a years worth of holidays. Now obviously, you will be studying for a big chunk of those holidays, but you can still have some fun.<\/p>\n

1. Work and live in a different country<\/h4>\n

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Irish students tend to head over to the USA to work for the summer. It is a great chance to see a different country, enjoy some good weather and see all those places you recognise from the movies (especially if you go to New York). Of the 5 years I was in university, I only went away for one summer. I deeply regret not going away more often. So if you can, living and working for a couple of months in a different country is a fabulous experience and with a bit of imaginative explaining, can even look good on your CV.<\/p>\n

2. Volunteer<\/h4>\n

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A problem many recent graduates face when looking for a job is that they don’t have relevant work experience. If you write to places where you would like to work, and volunteer for a month’s work you could get some of that precious work experience, show initiative, make some good contacts and still have plenty of time for holidays and relaxation.<\/p>\n

3. Backpack<\/h4>\n
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