Choosing the next step
Introducing Unifrog themed weeks
5th September 2019
Here at Unifrog HQ, we’ve been busy putting together a programme of themed weeks which we hope you’re going to be as excited about as we are! What are themed weeks? Drawing on the findings from our recent Horizons report and from speaking to teachers and careers counselors at partner schools, we’ve chosen six important issues surrounding careers education that matter to you... Read more >
Horizons Chapter 3: Apprenticeships
17th June 2019
A good weekly wage, strong qualifications, and effective preparation for the world of work: with so much to offer, it isn’t surprising that more young people are considering a degree apprenticeship for their next step... Read more >
Horizons Chapter 2: Higher Education
10th June 2019
This week, as part of our ongoing blog series discussing Unifrog’s new Horizons report, we’re turning our attention to which university subjects students are exploring on the platform... Read more >
The knowledge of experience: Canada’s push to bridge the school-work gap
9th January 2019
Last August, the Government of Canada announced that they’ll create 60,000 work placements to help post-secondary students develop important work-ready skills... Read more >
Why study in Hong Kong?
4th December 2018
In recent years, Hong Kong has become a popular place for international students to study. The fascinating city-state has plenty to offer students from all countries... Read more >
Degree Apprenticeship Q&A with Katie Fiddaman
26th November 2018
Katie Fiddaman is completing a Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship with Pearson College London. By the end of her three-year apprenticeship, she’ll have gained a full BA (Hons) degree in Business Management, as well as Chartered Manager (CMgr) status - the gold standard for the managerial profession... Read more >
Unexpected A-Level Results? What to do next
14th August 2018
The big day has finally arrived. If you didn’t receive the results you were expecting, don’t panic – there are options, and we’re going to guide you through them... Read more >
Goals - Getting into a History programme at university
13th June 2017
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Should you encourage school leavers to go to University?
4th April 2017
Sylvia Nankivell explores the pros and cons of encouraging students to go to university. The big question in the heads of many school leavers is “should I go to university?” With increased tuition fees, the normalisation of undergraduate degrees and a financially turbulent job market, the decision is no longer a simple one... Read more >
Case Study: Falmouth College
22nd March 2017
Dr Matt Fox from Falmouth College explains the impact Unifrog has had on his students, staff school. Falmouth College first started using Unifrog in 2015 and since its introduction the number of university applications and apprenticeship applications have risen... Read more >
We now do Destinations Tracking!
14th March 2017
For the last two years we’ve been working on a destinations tracking tool. It’s by far the biggest and most exciting thing we’ve ever done at Unifrog... Read more >
Raising Aspirations, Achieving Potential and Improving Careers Guidance
18th January 2017
Last year at Unifrog we ran our first series of 'Progression Conferences' at schools across the country - the events were focused on careers guidance, post-school destinations and maximising student success... Read more >
Case Study: Cheltenham Bournside College
16th January 2017
Student Impact Unifrog has proved an invaluable tool for providing our students with high quality information, advice and guidance on university and apprenticeships... Read more >
Student Finance Myths
5th January 2017
I left school to go to university in 2010, this was before the big rise in tuition fees for University. Below I’ll be talking about what affects students of today, but there are lessons to be learned from my oversights... Read more >
Case Study: Allerton High
13th December 2016
Before we started using Unifrog in our school, we had a number of challenges related to supporting students to find and apply to a range of opportunities... Read more >
How to succeed in your Medicine MMI Interview
8th December 2016
Have a Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) coming up? The Medic Portal, officially partnered with the Royal Society of Medicine, advises hundreds of schools and thousands of medical school applicants, and has provided some top tips on preparing for your MMI... Read more >
Hitting the Gatsby Benchmarks
23rd November 2016
A brilliant blog post by Sarah on how Unifrog supported her students to think about future opportunities along with hitting the Gatsby Benchmarks. One of my main priorities when taking up my current post as Head of Sixth Form, was to improve the quality of Information, Advice and Guidance to students, enabling all of them to set their sights higher... Read more >
University isn’t for everyone: how to help your students write killer CVs
4th November 2016
University isn’t for everyone: Degree Apprenticeships, School Leaver Programmes, and how to help your students write killer CVs. Our Founder and Director, Alex, gives his thoughts on how to help your students get to their next step... Read more >
Who will your Unifrog Champion be?
25th October 2016
Alex shares how he and his school have successfully embedded Unifrog ito it's careers programme and empowered students to support the delivery. Who will your Unifrog Champion be? We became a Unifrog school last spring and since September have begun using it fully for IAG including for personal statements, UCAS references and from half term we will be rolling it out from Year 9... Read more >
A student's perspective on the benefits of Unifrog
21st October 2016
An amazing blog written by a Year 12 student on their first impressions of Unifrog at a student launch. On Wednesday 10 October all of Year 12 was given an introduction into the useful website Unifrog... Read more >
How Students can sustain themselves Financially through University
12th October 2016
[image3] Read on to discover some top tips on how students can finance their way through university. For the 2016 intake of undergraduates, the Student Loans Company will offer a maintenance loan of somewhere between £6,904 and £10,702... Read more >
White Hat: creating better apprenticeships
31st May 2016
We're excited to have Euan Blair of White Hat writing for us about improvements in the structure and delivery of apprenticeships. Creating better apprenticeships As the founder of an apprenticeships business, I spend a significant part of my time trying to identify how we can get schools and employers to engage in a more meaningful way with the apprenticeships agenda... Read more >
Five ways to boost your students' employability
8th May 2016
Another piece from guest blogger Liz Posford from Careers Unlimited on what schools can do to improve students' chances of getting a good job... Read more >
Getting the most out of higher education events and careers fairs
20th April 2016
Our guest blogger Liz Posford from Careers Unlimited has some tips for the shy sixth former: how do you best squeeze the juice out of careers and higher education events? Conversation starters for higher education events and careers fairs Once again, it’s that time of the year when higher education events happen, with universities, gap year organisations and sometimes potential employers gathering to show their wares to curious sixth form students... Read more >
Exploring alternative routes to gaining a degree
11th April 2016
At a time when students are increasingly concerned about the costs of going to university and the competitiveness of the graduate jobs market, it is worth researching alternative ways to gain a Higher Education qualification... Read more >
Writing a personal statement - helping your students
11th April 2016
Writing a personal statement is a task all students must complete when applying to university. These 4000 characters could be the student’s only chance to ‘speak’ directly to the admissions tutor for their chosen course – so students need to make every character count! The Statement’s fundamental aim is to demonstrate that the student will be an excellent participant on the courses they are applying to... Read more >
5 pieces of careers advice to NOT give your students
5th April 2016
Liz Ponsford, an independent careers adviser, will be writing a series of blogs that will feature on the Unifrog Blog. She will be writing from her experience and giving great advice! Here's her first article: The 5 worst pieces of advice that classroom teachers can give when talking to students about their future careers [image2] 1... Read more >
MOOCs in UK Education
4th April 2016
In visiting sixth form leaders on an almost a daily basis, I often allude to MOOCs and the potential benefits to their students. I get a mixed response, with the majority saying, “What’s a MOOC?” and, “What does it stand for again?!” For those that didn’t know, MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course... Read more >
Paul Murphy MP’s report on Welsh students’ access to Oxbridge, and the birth of the Seren Network
21st March 2016
Are student aspirations as high in Wales as they are in England? Paul Murphy MP was appointed as Oxbridge Ambassador to Wales in May 2013 to establish the reasons behind the decline in Welsh applications and admissions to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge... Read more >
Helping pupils to access information on the full range of options
14th March 2016
Helping pupils to access information on the full range of options – an analysis of the DfE’s report, ‘Careers Guidance and Inspiration on Schools, March 2015’ The government’s most recent major report on Careers Guidance, ‘Careers Guidance and Inspiration in Schools, March 2015’, sets out that every school should provide “high quality” and “independent” careers guidance on students’ full range of options, so that pupils can make informed decisions about their futures... Read more >
Are degrees the key to success? Another look at the Apprenticeship vs. Degree debate
22nd February 2016
Did you know that level 5 Higher Apprenticeships lead to greater lifetime earnings than undergraduate degrees from non-Russell Group universities? Recent research has delivered a robust challenge to the view that degrees are the best way to maximize income in your career... Read more >
Psychology: 8 surprising course combinations your students did not consider
6th May 2015
Our University tool allows students to find out about course combinations at different universities. It is a great way open their mind to widen the scope of their research when it comes to the UCAS process... Read more >
What to know about the medical school application process?
12th April 2015
The Medic Portal (TMP) provides expert advice for students, teachers and parents facing the tricky, and ever-changing, medical school application process... Read more >
Physics: 3 surprising course combinations your students did not consider
18th March 2015
Our University tool allows students to find out about course combinations at different universities. It is a great way open their mind to widen the scope of their research when it comes to the UCAS process... Read more >
History: 5 surprising course combinations your students did not consider
13th March 2015
Our University tool allows students to find out about course combinations at different universities. It is a great way open their mind to widen the scope of their research when it comes to the UCAS process... Read more >
Advising students on studying abroad: Ireland
5th March 2015
What’s Ireland ever given the world beyond Guinness and rainy summer holidays? Lots, actually. With just 4.5 million inhabitants, Ireland is a small country that punches way above its weight when it comes to its contribution to world culture... Read more >
Choosing FE: learning when to say goodbye
13th February 2015
Exams are looming; open days are happening and the recruitment fight is beginning between school sixth forms, Sixth Form Colleges, and FE colleges. Teachers and lecturers have been given targets for how many students they need to sign up to their courses if these courses are to be viable... Read more >
Advising students on studying abroad: Canada
12th January 2015
Second largest country in the world, Canada is known for its astonishing mountains, lakes and prairies, but also for its multicultural and friendly society... Read more >
A-level results - should the worst happen, how well prepared are your students?
13th August 2014
Many students are now celebrating across the country, but the TES is reporting that according to a recent poll, 54% of A-level students have no idea what they will do, should they fail to get into their top two university choices... Read more >
Is 'Vocational' still a dirty word?
22nd June 2014
In her first two blogs on apprenticeships, Eleanor Bernardes, Associate at LKMco, explained what you need to know about apprenticeships and what you should consider when choosing one... Read more >
Choosing an apprenticeship: what should you consider?
16th June 2014
In her first blog on apprenticeships, Eleanor Bernardes, Associate at LKMco, explained what you need to know about apprenticeships. In this new blog, she sets out some of the factors to take into account when considering whether to start an apprenticeship... Read more >
What you need to know about apprenticeships in the UK
4th June 2014
In her next two blogs Eleanor Bernardes, Associate at LKMco explores a much neglected side of education in the UK: apprenticeships. In this blog she introduces apprenticeships and in her next she turns to the tricky question of picking an apprenticeship... Read more >
Interview with Eugene: why I chose an apprenticeship
11th May 2014
Good afternoon Eugene, could you tell us a bit about yourself? Good afternoon! I used to study IT and business at a college in London and today I am doing an apprenticeship at Sir Plus, an e-commerce website for quality British clothing... Read more >
What are you doing with your life? How we can help students decide what happens post GCSEs
4th November 2013
What support do we give students who are choosing their path after GCSEs? From 2010 the government began dismantling Connexions, the national service for careers advice which included a UK-wide network of career advisers who were based in dedicated centres but also spent time in schools... Read more >
The ignored middle: what should they do next?
24th October 2013
When I was teaching I romanticized the struggle of the bright but poor child. A lot of teachers do the same, perhaps because in students who are stopped from excelling academically purely by their background, the injustice of wasted potential is so clear... Read more >