The British Council, UK. The British Council has announced that Maddalaine Ansell will become its Director Education on the November 1. She will head the Education Policy Unit and be a member of the Council’s Management Board and will report into Jo Beall, the executive board member responsible for British Council’s work in Arts, Education and Society. Maddalaine was previously CEO of Universities Alliance. Prior to this she was at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. She completed an undergraduate degree in Classics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, practiced as a lawyer for six years and then joined the civil service fast stream. Maddalaine has excellent experience and networks across UK government departments as well as deep knowledge and contacts in the tertiary education sector.