What is Unifrog? A guide for parents and caregivers

Just been told about Unifrog at your child’s school or college? Great! We’ll show you how it can help your child hop, skip, and jump towards the best next step for them.

The first part of this guide takes you through how Unifrog works for students aged 11-18. To find out what Unifrog has to offer for pupils aged 4-11, check out the bottom of the guide.

Unifrog is designed to support young people to make informed decisions about their futures. There are a range of tools students can use to do this, whichever year group they’re in. 

Unifrog for students aged 11-18

Let’s take a look at some of the tools for this age group:

The Careers library and Subjects library

Our Careers Library offers over 600 profiles to help students explore different jobs, with information on what each role involves, the skills required, entry routes, and local labour market insights. Our Subjects Library features over 100 profiles outlining what each subject covers, key topics, wider reading, and the prerequisites for higher-level study. Together, these tools guide students in making informed choices about their future. 

The Activities and Skills tools

Students can use the Activities tool to record things they've done, and the Skills tool to record each time they showed a skill. If they go on a school trip and help their group to organise transport, they could use the Activities tool to record that they did the school trip, and the Skills tool to record the example of organisation. When it comes to making their applications, they'll have a bank of effective examples ready to use. 

The Apprenticeship, College, and University tools 

Tools to help them find and compare apprenticeships, colleges, and university courses across the world that are taught in English, and financial support and activities to support their studies. Our search tools allow students to compare opportunities based on things that are important to them, like accommodation costs for universities and weekly wages for apprenticeships. 

The Personal Statement, CV, and Writing tools

Whether they’re writing a CV, a cover letter for work experience, or an application for university anywhere in the world, they can use Unifrog’s tools to write and structure their work. There are also helpful examples to support them along the way.

Want to have a go yourself?

You can explore the tools your child has access to through your parent account:

> Sign into your parent account. 

> Next to your child's name, select ‘Log in as [year group] student':

> Explore the platform! Here are five tasks to get you started: 

1. Find subjects and careers linked to your child's personality, interests, or skillset, by taking one of our quizzes.
    
2. Get to know more about your child’s favourite subject by finding related podcasts, books, movies, and more in the Read, Watch, Listen tool.
    
3. Take a look at the live apprenticeships in your area using our apprenticeships shortlisting tool.
    
4. Find out which scholarships your child might be eligible for using the Special opportunities shortlisting tool.
    
5. Check out Unifrog’s Courses tool, where your child can take courses written in partnership with top employers and universities and get a completion certificate to show off their new knowledge and skills.

Parent guides and resources

We know that parents and caregivers play a big role in helping their child to choose and achieve their goals, so we've created a  Conversation Starter resource. It's designed to help you and your child figure out where they are is in their career decision journey, and how you can support them. 

We also have clear, practical guides written especially for parents and caregivers on topics like choosing an apprenticeship, using Clearing, and supporting your child with dyslexia, which you can access straight from your parent account:

Keen to dive in now? Here are our most popular ones:  

Five ways to help your child find their ideal career

Five ways to help your child find their ideal subject

How to help your child find the best apprenticeship for them

How to help your child find the best university for them

How to find activities and scholarships for your child

Staying in the loop

As well as accessing guides, you can use your parent accounts to: 

• see your child’s next tasks, unfinished actions, upcoming events, placements, and the interactions added by their teachers
• sign up to free webinars for parents and caregivers
• subscribe and unsubscribe to the parent/caregiver daily summary email (which summarises activities your child has done on Unifrog the day before) and the parent/caregiver newsletter (which shares parent webinars, guides, and opportunities for your child).

You'll be automatically asked if you want to subscribe to emails when your first create your parent account, but if you want to subscribe or unsubscribe at any point after that, you can do so through the Settings on your parent account:

Unifrog for students aged 4-11

Pupils at this age group don't have their own accounts like secondary pupils; instead Unifrog is led by teachers. Our lesson packs and Careers library are designed to broaden pupils' horizons, help them make links between subjects, and spark their curiosity.

While pupils don't have their own Unifrog accounts, parents do. You'll be able to:

• see the interactions added for your children
• receive notifications from the school to do with careers and PSHE
• browse the Careers library, and share content from it with your children
• see and sign up to parent-specific webinars to do with Careers and PSHE run by Unifrog.

Find out more about Unifrog for primary schools in our FAQs doc.