Yahoo has also covered the Government’s announcement of proposals for universities to be able to offer fast-track two-year degrees. UA chief executive, Maddalaine Ansell, was quoted in the story. She said: “Accelerated degrees can be a really attractive option for mature students.” You can read our full press release here.
Commenting on the announcement of new amendments to the Higher Education and Research Bill, made by Minister of State Jo Johnson today, Maddalaine Ansell, University Alliance Chief Executive, said: “These amendments significantly improve the Bill, giving the new Office for Students a broader role to support diverse students with new routes through higher education, and more […]
Fast-track degrees with higher annual fees are to be introduced in universities under plans announced by the government. The two-year degrees will cost the same as a three-year course, meaning annual fees for them will be higher. Ministers are expected to table a bill to lift the current £9,000-a-year cap on tuition costs so that […]
Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell has been quoted in an article by the Times on the plans outlined by ministers for a new generation of fast-track degrees. Universities will be encouraged to provide two-year degrees in return for the right to raise tuition fees, possibly to more than £13,000 a year. Universities Minister Jo Johnson will unveil […]
Coverage of our new report on lifelong learning has appeared in Research Professional. We launched our report, Lifelong Learning: Ladder and Lifeline, at an event in the House of Commons hosted by Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, chair of the Universities APPG. Speakers included Open University vice-chancellor Peter Horrocks, former minister for universities and science David Willetts and UCAS […]
Our report Lifelong Learning: Ladder and Lifeline makes recommendations on how to make lifelong learning a reality so that people can benefit from education and training throughout their lives. The Government’s recent Industrial Strategy Green Paper identified the need for ‘ambitious new approaches’ to enable lifelong learning. Our report shines a spotlight on how Alliance institutions are […]
University Alliance’s latest Spotlight Report sets out recommendations for government to enable lifelong learning. Ambitious new policies and approaches are needed so that people can benefit from education and training throughout their lives, our new publication, Lifelong Learning: Ladder and Lifeline, argues. Its recommendations include: Creating a centralised UCAS-style system for lifelong learning courses Re-introducing […]
Ambitious new policies and approaches are needed so that people can benefit from education and training throughout their lives, argues a new University Alliance publication today. Lifelong Learning: Ladder and Lifeline responds to the drastic fall in the number of part-time students – down by 44% since 2008/9 – as well as the Government’s recent Industrial Strategy […]
Lifelong Learning at the heart of everything it does The Open University (OU) was the world’s first successful distance teaching university, founded on the belief that there were many more people who were capable of studying to degree-level than could attend traditional campus universities – and that communications technology could bring them high quality degree-level learning. Since its foundation […]
Creating more flexible learning opportunities to suit diverse student needs CU Coventry – formerly known as Coventry University College – opened in 2012 to offer an alternative to the traditional full-time university experience. Focusing on professional and vocational higher education for school and college leavers as well as those who are already in work, the offer […]
