GAP Year Programmes and work experience are available and provide you with the ideal way to build on your interest in biology and conservation.

GAP Year students can come and spend time with Ecofieldtrips in the field in Malaysia. This offers you a great chance to learn some valuable life skills and strengthen your CV before continuing on your career path.

Below, some of our previous GAP year students:

Ishbel Campbell:
Ishbel spent 3 months of her GAP year working with EFT this year. It has been her dream to be a zoologist since a very early age, and since then she has been involved with many conservation and wildlife projects all around the world, the most recent of which was in Kenya. She now studies zoology at Newcastle University in the UK.

Ecofieldtrips also offer work experience opportunities that will give you an unparalelled insight into tropical ecosystems and will allow you to develop skills which are integral to a career in conservation or teaching as well as preparing you for further education. You will have a chance to develop leadership and presentation skills in addition to a wide range of fieldwork skills commonly used in biological and geographical study.

Work Experience Feedback

Samantha Craven

"Working at Ecofieldtrips has been a fantastic journey and has allowed me to develop skills that will last a lifetime. It's a relaxed but dynamic environment, where everyone is passionate about conservation, and making a difference. You know your job is incredible when the classroom is a coral reef or a rainforest! It's amazing to work with the next generation, and talk to them about issues in conservation, culture and biology, and hear their idea's and enthusiasm. We're working with those who will shape the world, and hopefully opening their eyes to be more aware of their surroundings. It makes it easier to get up for work in the mornings!"

Samantha has since been employed by Ecofieldtrips as a full time resident biologist.