Thanks for the advice,
In my gap year I worked for an aerospace engineering company (Sept-April) and am going to an American summer camp setup for homeless New York City kids to teach swimming/be a counsellor from June till Sept.
Luckily for me I am not reading English at uni, I shall be reading math and economics, would this be considered relevant? I would assume Aero eng, physics and math to be high on the preferred list of degrees.