29th June
Blog Stories
After nearly thirteen years of working for UFA it feels very surreal to be completing my last few days. A few months ago I was offered an exciting new opportunity to work with a group of schools, which I felt would be a new challenge for me and the opportunity to continue contributing to making a
24th June
Articles
I got into the business of education through a more unusual route than many colleagues; I home educated my daughters for almost all of their primary phase and a couple of years of KS3 in the younger one’s case. In the process I learnt much about how children learn when allowed to do so
17th June
Articles
Last week, I finally got a task at the bottom of my to do list at home; sorting out the piles and piles of young children’s books that were still taking pride of place on the bookshelf and yet has been untouched for such a long time. I found myself thumbing through beautifully illustrated fairy
7th June
Blog Stories
When my eleven year old son rang me at work the other day, my heart sank. A call at work normally signals a disaster. Detention, the dog eating the remote control, the list is long and varied. But this time he was quick to get to the point. “Small or big potatoes, Mum?” That
27th May
Events
Win a UFA Young Researchers and Evaluators programme for your school, organisation or cluster! We have been working with Young Researchers and Evaluators for over 10 years and have been privileged to witness authentic young people’s voice and influence in a range of schools, arts and community based organisations all over the country. We
19th May
Blog Stories
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about mindset recently as I prepare to run my first public race. Up until now I’ve plodded (literally) around local roads and lanes. Some days I’m confident I’ll complete the course in a reasonable time, whilst on others l fear I can’t make the distance. Why is it that
13th May
Blog Stories
A few years ago I had the very great joy of leading a group of young people over several years as part of a national rollout of UFA’s Lead Learner programme. They were drawn from across the country to pilot a model whereby they led extra-curricular clubs for their peers, culminating in a national learning
4th May
Articles
If you’ve known UFA for a while you may remember the first publication that UFA put out called “Brain Friendly Revision”? It consists of a series of workshops to help young people prepare for revising and exams in that brain friendly way – one that is active, considers different preferences for taking in information, multiple
22nd April
Blog Stories
Empowerment. Positive role models. Teamwork. Social skills. Better communication. Improved confidence. Leadership opportunities. Social and academic benefit. Post Ofsted priority. Sustainability. Potential. Lifelong learners. Mentors. Perseverance. Creative thinking. Co-operation. These are just some of the words and phrases which have come out in the applications to win one of our Peer Tutoring programmes. At UFA,
13th April
Events
If you’ve just signed up to our NCS programme or are an NCS graduate who loves Nando’s, and let’s face it – who doesn’t? – we’ve got just the competition for you… We’re giving away a £20 Nando’s voucher (for the store of your choice) for EACH person you refer who SIGNS UP to our
