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For parents and caregivers: how to find activities and scholarships for your child
27th March 2024
Work experience, competitions, and summer schools are all excellent ways for your child to boost their applications, while a scholarship could pay towards their tuition fees... Read more >
For parents and caregivers: how to help your child prepare for a psychometric test
27th February 2024
Around three quarters of Fortune 500 companies use psychometric tests as part of their recruitment process. Read on to find out what psychometric testing is, what it’s used for, and how you can help your child to prepare for it... Read more >
What is it like to study a one-year Diploma in Business?
8th February 2024
Yulia completed a one-year Diploma in Business before transitioning to the second year of an undergraduate degree. Here, she tells us what it was like to study the diploma, how it differs to an undergraduate degree, and what she plans to do after graduation... Read more >
What is it like to study a one-year Diploma in Communication?
8th February 2024
Aastha completed a one-year Diploma in Communication before transitioning to the second year of an undergraduate degree. Here, she tells us how a diploma is different to an undergraduate degree, what it’s like to study communication, and her plans for the future... Read more >
An apprenticeship in assurance: What it's really like
1st February 2024
Mollie is completing a business apprenticeship in assurance at EY, where she is also studying for the ACA Chartered Accountant qualification. She knew quite early on that she wanted a career in finance but wasn’t sure about going to the traditional university pathway... Read more >
For parents and caregivers: university or apprenticeship?
30th January 2024
A UK university degree usually takes three or four years of academic study and can cost up to £9,250 per year. Apprentices earn a weekly wage as they gain skills and knowledge on the job, working towards a qualification... Read more >
The student aspiration gap: what it is, why it matters, and how we fight it
29th January 2024
With more than half of UK state schools and colleges now using Unifrog, and over 500,000 student logins since 1 September 2023, we’re in a unique position to analyse the post-school intentions of students across the country... Read more >
Counselor spotlight: Augusto Neto at St. Paul's School, Brazil
8th January 2024
Unifrog is used by students and counselors in over 800 international schools across 110 countries. Today we take a moment to celebrate our dedicated counselors all over the world... Read more >
How Bloomberg is getting closer to disadvantaged students with Unifrog’s help
4th January 2024
Building a diverse talent pool can be tricky business without the added challenge of getting in touch with students who haven’t even heard of your organisation... Read more >
How to create a gold-tier early careers strategy
21st December 2023
How do you create an award-winning early-careers strategy that focuses on building home-grown apprentices into a diverse workforce? Well, you can start off by talking to Unifrog... Read more >
Unifrog World of Work Conference round-up
9th November 2023
In October 2023, we hosted our World of Work Conference in Birmingham to connect teachers and advisors with employers to talk about work experience and apprenticeship opportunities for students... Read more >
10 years of Unifrog
6th November 2023
From humble beginnings as a simple tool to help students choose universities for UCAS and compare apprenticeships, to becoming the universal destinations platform , Unifrog has come a long way in 10 years... Read more >
How to create an inclusive recruitment process
4th October 2023
What is inclusive recruitment, and why is it so important? In 2022, the Federation of Small Businesses found that 78% of small firms struggled to recruit applicants with suitable skills in the previous year... Read more >
Unifrog and Ford collaborate on skills development workshop for students
27th September 2023
With the help of Ford and Unifrog, students are building their skills and getting into top work experience placements. How it started In 2022, Unifrog began partnering with employers to bring students closer to the world of work... Read more >
Why should you join Unifrog’s employer community?
21st September 2023
Unifrog helps over 1.7 million students around the world choose their best next steps after school. In schools and colleges, teachers and careers advisers use the platform as a one-stop shop for careers guidance... Read more >
How work experience benefits students – and how Unifrog's Placements tool can help
30th August 2023
Taking up a placement (aka work experience, or WEX) can be a life-changing process for students, helping to shape their future pathways. Placements give students a glimpse of what their day-to-day lives might look like when they leave school... Read more >
Making global connections: Unifrog’s first speed networking event for counselors and HE
23rd August 2023
This summer, Unifrog hosted its first ever speed networking event for counselors and universities around the world. Here’s what happened… Why networking? Teachers and counselors rarely get the opportunity to speak directly with international universities on behalf of their students... Read more >
How two colleges in the North West reversed the trend
27th July 2023
Unifrog colleges are creating more opportunities for disadvantaged students than ever before. The story For the first time ever, Unifrog colleges in the North West of England are reversing the shortlisting gap... Read more >
Unifrog rises in the ranks of the Escape 100: the top purposeful organisations to work for in 2023
24th July 2023
For the second year running, Unifrog is a winner in the Escape 100, making us one of the world’s top purposeful organisations to ‘escape’ to. Not only did we make the list again, we shot up 20 places in the rankings – making us the 58th mission-led organisation to ‘escape’ to in 2023... Read more >
Step Up Expo: Over 5,000 students get support with their next steps
14th July 2023
This summer, Unifrog was headline partner at the UK's first expo for teens' education, careers, and life choices, hosted by the Evening Standard. The first UK event of its kind, Step Up Expo saw over 7,000 attendees, including teachers, parents and caregivers, and over 5,000 students flock to Olympia London to learn about the range of opportunities out there: post-16 and post-18... Read more >
Subject profile: Law and legal studies
12th July 2023
Law combines the academic study of legal theory with its application to real-life scenarios. In this guide, we share some of the topics you’ll learn about, how to get in, and what a typical week on a law degree might look like... Read more >
Making an impact: Unifrog's outreach work in Africa
11th July 2023
Hannah White, International Partnerships Lead at Unifrog , tells us about two school communities in Africa who’ve been using Unifrog to grow their students’ potential... Read more >
How do I prepare for Clearing and results day?
3rd July 2023
Unifrog’s Clearing tool is live from 5 July! Get ready for UK results day on 17 August by exploring the tool now and shortlisting the courses you’re interested in... Read more >
Recruiting young professionals: Unifrog's insights
28th June 2023
Earlier this year, Unifrog conducted a survey of over 12,000 young people to find out what they’re looking for in their future careers. We found that the most important factor to young people is a strong work life balance... Read more >
Managing sensory overload
26th June 2023
Some people can experience sensory overload which is caused by an excessive amount of sensory input. In this guide, you’ll learn what sensory overload is, the causes and symptoms of it, and how to prevent and manage it... Read more >
What makes a good employer profile?
23rd June 2023
As a Unifrog employer partner, you’ll share your message and opportunities with over 3,500 schools and colleges around the world. A key part of the partnership is an employer profile – your chance to ‘lift the lid’ on what working for your company is really like... Read more >
Preparing for UK uni open days
21st June 2023
Open days are possibly the best way to get a real feel for the universities on your shortlist. These seven tips will help you to get the most out of them... Read more >
Quick wins for meeting Gatsby Benchmark 4
19th June 2023
This month, Unifrog’s UK Education Lead, Charley Fowler, was a keynote speaker at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) curriculum conference... Read more >
How Unifrog is committing to net zero
18th June 2023
We at Unifrog have committed to reaching net zero by 2040. Here’s what we’re doing to get there. What is net zero? Achieving ‘net zero’ means the amount of greenhouse gases we emit into the atmosphere is balanced by the amount being removed... Read more >
The new UCAS references: what’s changing, and how to draft and manage them on Unifrog
15th June 2023
Here’s how we’ve changed the Unifrog References tools to accommodate the changes that UCAS is making. Our tools make it easy for class teachers to give their input... Read more >