Colleges Shaping the Future of Skills and Careers

Colleges are playing a crucial role in shaping the UK’s future workforce by equipping students with essential skills and creating clear pathways to employment. The AoC 2024 Annual Conference will showcase how colleges are leading efforts to meet industry needs, drive economic growth, and support skills development across all sectors. At Grofar, we are committed […]

Unlocking the Potential of T Level Industry Placements: Upcoming Webinar with Katharine Hawking

Gain tangible tips to master T Level industry placements in our upcoming interactive webinar, focused on the effective management of T Level industry placements. Co-hosted by the accomplished Katharine Hawking, Head of T Levels and Placements at Middlesbrough College, this session is designed specifically for T Level and Work Experience (WEX) team members. So, whether […]

Student Passport – your views

We are pleased to publish the results of our recent survey regarding “Student digital passports”. Grofar currently has one of the industry leading student passports and this work was undertaken to inform our future developments. What many schools tell us is that they want a digital equivalent of a “Record of Achievement” and that is […]

Grofar shortlisted for CDI UK Career Development Award

For the second year running Grofar has been shortlisted for the CDI Best Practice Research and Technology Awards in the category of “Use of technology in Careers development”. We are delighted to be chosen by our peers as providing a system that warrants this recognition and look forward to showing many people the system at […]

Grofar student passport competition winner

We are delighted to announce that Mike Holding at Woodroffe school in Lyme Regis Dorset was the happy winner of our competition linked to our recent “Student passport” research. Mike is the Head of Work Related Learning and Enterprise and will be putting Grofar to good use with his students in the coming year. When […]

Grofar shortlisted for UK Careers Development Awards

We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the “Best Practice in the Use of Technology in Career Development” category of the UK Career Development Awards run by the CDI.  We have strong competition from another great company, SDS, who have been shortlisted twice, once for their ‘My World of Work Live! and also their […]