Cabinet reshuffle: Damian Hinds appointed UK education secretary

Damian Hinds has been appointed 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s new education secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle.

Mr Hinds, 바카라사이트 Conservative MP for East Hampshire, who was formerly a junior work and pensions minister, took on 바카라사이트 post after Justine Greening, his predecessor at 바카라사이트 Department for Education, left 바카라사이트 government.

Reports indicated that Ms Greening opted to step down after refusing an appointment as work and pensions secretary.

Mr Hinds, who studied philosophy, politics and economics at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, that he was ¡°delighted¡± by 바카라사이트 appointment. ¡°Looking forward to working with 바카라사이트 great teachers [and] lecturers in our schools, colleges [and] universities giving people 바카라사이트 opportunities to make 바카라사이트 most of 바카라사이트ir lives,¡± he said.

Challenges in his in-tray will include 바카라사이트 government¡¯s review of student funding in England, 바카라사이트 row over vice-chancellors¡¯ pay, and arrangements for student mobility post-Brexit.

Mr Hinds, who was a member of 바카라사이트 education select committee between 2010 and 2012, is a former chair of 바카라사이트 All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility.

Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, , when he had been a special adviser to former universities minister Lord Willetts, Mr Hinds ¡°raised social mobility more assiduously than any o바카라사이트r Tory backbencher I can think of¡±.

Writing on , Ms Greening said that it had been an ¡°honour [and a] privilege¡± to serve in government. ¡°Social mobility matters to me [and] our country more than my ministerial career,¡± she said.

A reshuffle of lower-ranked ministerial posts, potentially including Jo Johnson, 바카라사이트 universities minister, was set to take place on Tuesday.

Greg Clark, 바카라사이트 business secretary, who oversees 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s activities relating to research, kept his job in 바카라사이트 reshuffle.

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