Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell has written for Wonkhe on degree apprenticeships to highlight their successes and the challenges in the face of policy uncertainty about their purpose and value. She writes: For some “equal in esteem” can only be achieved by getting the most prestigious universities to offer apprenticeships. Since their prestige generally comes from […]
Robert Halfon MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee, gave the keynote speech at our Degree Apprenticeship event on Monday 23 April 2018. The text of his speech is below. I’m delighted to be here today to discuss my two favourite words in the English language – degree apprenticeships. I believe that degree apprenticeships […]
Commenting on the NUS Poverty Commission report, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “Too often, student poverty has been missing from debates about higher education funding. The NUS Poverty Commission report is an important corrective to this, highlighting the challenges which many students – particularly those from working-class backgrounds or studying part-time – face […]
Alliance universities have been shortlisted in several categories for the Guardian University Awards 2018. The finalists were revealed this week following decisions by expert judges from the sector. We will find out the winners at the awards ceremony on Tuesday 24 April Debris Humphris, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Brighton and Treasurer of University Alliance, […]
Here’s a simple question for this fine Tuesday morning – are you happy? A deceptively simple question, but it is one that many of us may find it difficult to reply to with a simple response. For, despite all our progress – especially in health, knowledge and technology – happiness appears to be just as elusive […]
University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell joined a panel of experts to discuss the higher education market at a recent meeting of the House of Common’s Public Accounts Committee. Alongside Maddalaine were Amatey Doku, Vice President (Higher Education), National Union of Students and Dennis Farringdon, Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies. You can […]
UA Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell was featured in a Wonkhe article focusing on female HE leaders for International Women’s Day 2018. The piece sought Maddalaine’s views on her experiences of influencing government and working in Whitehall, from a female perspective. You can read the full article here. Why not check out our series of blogs […]
My life as a female entrepreneur started with a cleaning company. Not everyone can afford a cleaner every week, but who wouldn’t want to come home on the occasional Friday to a sparkly home, refreshed with cleaning products made from natural ingredients and essential oils? Our Fabulous Friday vouchers made a welcome gift and the […]
My first memory of how some people treat girls differently to boys was when I was around four years old. I had an older male cousin who passed down toys he had outgrown, and I took a particular liking to his old skateboard. I remember playing with it in the street and trying to push […]
One of the pressing issues that the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal drew our attention to was the difficulties faced by women in accessing products to manage their periods with dignity. Following the earthquakes, we were approached by a number of small charities to evaluate the impact of the work they were doing to address this […]
