By Maddalaine Ansell

Maddalaine’s article was commissioned by the British Council for its Going Global publication, Building Nations, Connecting Cultures published in May 2017. Find out more about this publication here. Introduction... Read More »

Neil [Neil Carmichael MP*] has spoken about the skills and productivity challenge facing the UK.  There are aspects of it that Alliance Universities are particularly well-placed to meet. We are […] Read More »

On my flight from Dubai to Bangladesh for a British Council Global Education Dialogue, I was surrounded by young Bangladeshi men excited about coming home for their annual holiday.  Every […] Read More »

Article originally published on Wonkhe. The UK’s research and innovation ecosystem is one of our greatest national assets.  From discovering the structure of DNA to finding cures for cancer, university […] Read More »

The annual HEFCE Grant Letter sidled out of BIS without much fanfare last Friday. We are not sure why it came out so quietly when there is so much to […] Read More »

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t find the idea of university inspirational.  Cambridge, the home of my nearest university in the days before the 1992 Education Act, was […] Read More »