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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 >
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 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 >
ChatGPT, AI, and university admissions essays: insights from schools
10th May 2023
“ChatGPT can help school students with university and job applications, apprenticeships, and CV creation by providing guidance, tips, and suggestions based on their interests and qualifications... Read more >
Unifrog Placements tool: FAQs
24th April 2023
Our Placements tool is one of our most popular tools ever, loved by hundreds of schools and colleges: “The system is quite literally life changing – thank you!” Eugénie Pasco, Kingswood School "You can see for every student where they’ve gone on placement and all the details, even down to the employers' insurance documents... Read more >
Unifrog becomes a B Corp
27th March 2023
We're super excited to share that Unifrog is now a certified B Corp! We're joining a growing group of inspiring companies that put social impact at the heart of what they do... Read more >
Unifrog Next Steps Fair round-up
20th March 2023
As part of National Careers Week on 6-11 March 2023 , we hosted our annual Next Steps Fair with an engaged online crowd of thousands of students! What is the Unifrog Next Steps Fair? This event brought together 60 universities and employers and apprenticeship providers to help students compare post-school options and pathways... Read more >
What is the point of Unifrog, how did it start and where is it going?
5th March 2023
To find out, we sit down with co-founders Coralie and Alex… First of all, let’s hear your elevator pitch for Unifrog! Coralie: Unifrog helps young people find and apply for the best opportunities for them after school... Read more >
What is Save the Planet Week, and what’s Unifrog doing about its carbon footprint?
7th November 2022
From 7 to 11 November we’re running Save the Planet Week: a set of webinars, a lesson pack, and a student competition, to empower young people to learn what actions they can take themselves about climate change... Read more >
Unifrog is a winner of The Escape 100: the top purposeful organisations to ‘escape’ to in 2022!
11th May 2022
Unifrog is a winner of The Escape 100: the top purposeful organisations to ‘escape’ to in 2022! This well-known campaign spotlights the top organisations to ‘escape’ to from traditional corporate careers, with great planet, people and mission policies... Read more >
Your Mossy Earth winner & 'Save the Planet' week
2nd September 2021
Last month, Unifrog teamed up with Mossy Earth to get students voting for one of its rewilding projects. In the spring, we’ll be keeping students involved by hosting our own ‘Save the Planet’ week... Read more >
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 >
Unifrog Area Manager Anna Barker awarded MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours
4th July 2019
When she’s not being a fantastic Area Manager for Unifrog, Anna Barker commits a lot of her free time to social action. In June of this year, she was appointed MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her dedication to promoting the voices of young people... Read more >
Horizons Chapter 4: Studying Abroad
1st July 2019
In our fourth and final article discussing Unifrog’s new Horizons report , we’re turning our attention to overseas study. Student interest in studying abroad remains impressively high this year, with 29% of students from state schools and 41% of students from independent schools shortlisting a UK university study abroad programme... 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 >
Horizons Chapter 1: Aspirations
3rd June 2019
More young people are considering elite universities, but the gap in aspiration prevails between those with and without advantage Unifrog’s new Horizons report has thrown up a number of valuable insights into the motivations behind UK students’ choices when considering their next steps in education... Read more >
New Launch - The Unifrog Network
30th October 2018
On 17 October 2018, we officially launched our brand new Facebook group – the Unifrog Network . With more than a hundred new members within its first week of launching, it’s already proving to be a huge success... Read more >
We now do Destinations Tracking!
14th March 2017
Alex Kelly, Director at Unifrog, shares news of our Destinations tool. 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 >
Looking back at Unifrog in 2016
22nd December 2016
The end of 2016 sees Unifrog reach our third year in action and it’s seen us undergo a huge amount of change. In the run-up to 2016 we were the only place students could compare every UK post-school opportunity in one place, be those university courses, apprenticeships or vocational college courses... Read more >