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University Alliance’s Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell has featured in a story by the Daily Mail into the Budget measures announced by George Osborne earlier this week. The Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed a number of announcements for higher education, including the news that tuition fees will be allowed to rise above £9000 at universities which offer […]

BBC News Online’s coverage of the Budget’s announcement that student maintenance grants would be replaced by loans included our response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer‘s measures. Responding to the tuition fee changes, Maddalaine Ansell, chief executive of University Alliance, said: “Linking tuition fees to inflation is essential if our universities are to offer world […]

Our response to the Chancellor’s Budget announcements for Higher Education was picked up in Times Higher Education‘s coverage. Mr Osborne announced that universities with “high-quality teaching” will be allowed to raise tuition fees in line with inflation from 2017-18.  The chancellor also confirmed in the Budget that student maintenance grants will be scrapped and switched to […]

Maddalaine Ansell, chief executive of University Alliance – Britain’s universities for cities and regions – said in response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Emergency Budget today: “We are pleased that this budget recognises the value of our universities and seeks to put their funding on a sustainable footing for the benefit of both our […]

University Alliance welcomes the Dowling Report published today by the Royal Academy of Engineering which examines how we can better support relationships between UK businesses and the UK’s world-leading university researchers. Maddalaine Ansell, chief executive of University Alliance – Britain’s universities for cities and regions – said: “University-Business collaboration is essential to the success of […]

Today the Universities Minister Jo Johnson gave his first major speech on the government’s higher education policy since the election. In his speech he has reiterated the government’s recognition of the value of higher education to the success of the country but reminded the sector that it is vital they demonstrate value for money for […]

Read our letter to the Financial Times following recent coverage on the role of universities and colleges in delivering a skilled workforce for the UK. Sir, We disagree with Baroness Alison Wolf’s claim that the “UK’s education system was too skewed towards universities” (“UK employers warned of ‘mass exodus’ of skills as workers retire”, June 25). […]

University Alliance welcomes this HEFCE consultation into the quality assurance of the higher education sector.  The aims outlined by Dame Shirley Pearce CBE are exactly right.  We need a system that puts the needs of the student at the centre, pays greater attention to outcomes than process, is risk-based rather than formulaic and which reduces the […]

We welcome Professor Wolf raising the important issue of further and higher education funding in her recent report. The media coverage, including in the Telegraph, shows just how important this issue is. However, in both the report and coverage of it, the universities described do not reflect ours. We would be delighted to welcome you […]

Our chief executive Maddalaine Ansell is quoted in a Guardian article on international students and the benefits they bring to UK students at university. The story which features short interviews with students at a number of universities including Sheffield Hallam University was inspired by a new survey commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) […]