Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Universities)

Organisations: Department for Education

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

• strategy for post-16 education (jointly with Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills)
• universities and higher education reform
• higher education student finance (including the Student Loans Company)
• widening participation in higher education
• quality of higher education and the Teaching Excellence Framework
• international education strategy including education exports international students and technology in education (Edtech)
• Opportunity Areas programme
• Opportunity North East programme
• coronavirus (COVID-19) response for universities and higher education institutions

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP

   2020 to 2021

Announcements

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• Short university courses to provide flexible training
  • 25 August 2021
  • Press release
• Education Secretary congratulates students on A level results day
  • 09 August 2021
  • Press release
• Extra places on medical and dentistry courses for 2021
  • 05 August 2021
  • Press release
• Better mental health and wellbeing support for young people
  • 14 July 2021
  • Press release
• Graduate route for best and brightest launches
  • 01 July 2021
  • News story
• Universities Minister at Going Global Conference
  • 15 June 2021
  • Speech
• Thousands more young people to benefit from Opportunity Areas
  • 19 May 2021
  • Press release
• Universities Minister speaks to TASO conference
  • 21 April 2021
  • Speech
• Universities Minister at UCAS's Annual Admissions Conference
  • 01 April 2021
  • Speech
• Turing scheme to open up global study and work opportunities
  • 12 March 2021
  • Press release

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