Sir John O’Reilly to quit as top HE and science civil servant

Sir John O’Reilly has announced his resignation as director-general for knowledge and innovation at 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

十一月 3, 2014

The director-general’s role is 바카라사이트 most senior in 바카라사이트 Civil Service, overseeing science and higher education policy. Sir John, 바카라사이트 former vice-chancellor of Cranfield University, took up 바카라사이트 role only in February 2013.

The science and innovation part of his portfolio will be filled by Gareth Davies, executive director and chief economist in 바카라사이트 Cabinet Office. The higher education part will be taken over by Philippa Lloyd, who will also remain as director-general for people and strategy at BIS.

The two elements of 바카라사이트 role were previously separate, but were united under Sir John’s predecessor, Sir Adrian Smith, who is now vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of London.

A BIS spokeswoman confirmed that Sir John would be leaving 바카라사이트 department at 바카라사이트 end of January.

“Sir John O’Reilly has done an outstanding job as director-general for knowledge and innovation, overseeing a successful 2013 Spending Review and building on 바카라사이트 UK’s strengths in research, innovation and higher education,” she said.

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