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Unifrog Next Steps Fair round-up
20th March 2023
We had an engaged and lively crowd at our annual Next Steps Fair with thousands of students joining us online for this event during National Careers Week! The eventThis event brought together 60 universities and employers and apprenticeship providers to help students compare post-school options and pathways... 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 >
What is the point of Unifrog, how did it start and where is it going?
4th July 2022
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 >
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 >
Understanding the political spectrum
8th October 2020
You may have heard the terms ‘left wing’ and ‘right wing’ before - a politician might be accused of being ‘too left wing’, or a newspaper might be known as a ‘right-wing publication’... 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 advantageUnifrog’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 17th 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
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. Last week we officially launched it at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Annual Conference... 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 >
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