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Our chief executive Maddalaine features in an extensive look at the proposed Teaching Excellence Framework in the Guardian HE Network. “…The inclusion of employability statistics could also disadvantage some universities and give students a skewed picture. Comparing the employability data for say, philosophy and nursing could be misleading. “Measuring excellence in a research-intensive university that’s […]

Read our written evidence submitted to the BIS Commons Select Committee Inquiry assessing quality in higher education. Click on our logo to download the PDF. We recommend: Quality Assessment (QA) and the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) should be integrated into a single system. TEF should not by itself be used to determine whether universities can charge undergraduates […]

The Open University – which has been transforming people’s lives through supported distance learning since 1969 – has re-joined University Alliance. Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “As an innovative university with an impressive record in delivering research with impact and high quality teaching, The Open University is a natural fit for University […]

In response to the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) report It’s the finance, stupid! The decline of part-time higher education and what to do about it, Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “HEPI provides a timely warning that part-time higher education – essential if we really want to increase the productivity of the workforce […]

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 year, 400,000 Bangladeshis leave the country to work overseas. Many take low-skilled jobs in the Gulf’s booming construction industries.  There are concerns about conditions, and […]

In response to the Policy Exchange report, Higher, Faster, More, Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “This report rightly stresses the importance of protecting and supporting further education. The squeeze on further education funding is a problem that we desperately need to fix. “But we know there are economic gains from skills investment at all levels, often […]

Once again we are looking for creative and festive works of art to decorate our Christmas card. University Alliance’s annual Christmas card competition has launched – if you are a member of staff or a student at one of our universities, we want you to enter the competition by designing the cover of our card […]

Progress has been slow in achieving deeper collaboration between employers and universities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the UK, a new report by University Alliance and the University of Lincoln reveals today. This has far-reaching consequences for the Government’s plans to drive up productivity and growth in our cities and regions. As skills […]

University of Sheffield – AMRC Training Centre The AMRC Training Centre based at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the University of Sheffield provides advanced apprenticeship and degree-level training for companies in the advanced manufacturing sectors. The Centre opened in Autumn 2013 and has a strong focus on encouraging more young people to follow […]

Partnership between Barclays UK Strategic Centre of Excellence and Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has a rapidly growing partnership with Barclays UK’s Strategic Centre of Excellence based in nearby Cheshire. This led to two new programmes: the Barclays Graduate Training Programme and Pre-Placement Programme for work placement students at Barclays UK. […]