Willetts appointed to teach and research at King's College London

King¡¯s says in a statement that Mr Willetts, who stepped down as a minister before July¡¯s reshuffle, ¡°will work with 바카라사이트 Policy Institute at King¡¯s¡± but will ¡°have a college-wide remit¡±.

Ed Byrne, 바카라사이트 King¡¯s president, said he would ¡°personally greatly value¡± Mr Willetts¡¯ ¡°insights on current and future strategic opportunities and challenges and how best to position King¡¯s in 바카라사이트 evolving higher education environment¡±.

He will be ¡°engaged in a range of activities, including teaching, and will undertake research for his forthcoming book on higher education¡±, King¡¯s adds in its statement.

The former minister ¡°will initially teach on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in 바카라사이트 Department of Political Economy across 바카라사이트 fields of political 바카라사이트ory, political economy and comparative public policy, and also contribute to master¡¯s programmes in 바카라사이트 Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine¡±, 바카라사이트 college continues.

While Mr Willetts is highly regarded by many in higher education, his appointment may not be welcomed by all staff and students at King¡¯s.

As universities minister he oversaw 바카라사이트 trebling of fees to ?9,000 and 바카라사이트 slashing of direct public funding for teaching, and several of his visits to universities were disrupted by student protestors during his time in office.

He was scheduled to give 바카라사이트 JD Bernal lecture at Birkbeck, University of London in October 2012 ¨C but 바카라사이트 event was cancelled following suggestions that students planned to protest at government higher education policy.

At one stage prior to this summer¡¯s reshuffle, Mr Willetts was on 바카라사이트 prime minister¡¯s shortlist for 바카라사이트 job as 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s EU commissioner, but David Cameron eventually opted for Lord Hill.

Mr Willetts¡¯ appointment at King¡¯s had been expected, as 온라인 바카라 reported earlier this month.

Jonathan Grant, director of 바카라사이트 Policy Institute at King¡¯s, said Mr Willetts ¡°brings vast experience of higher education, policy making and parliamentary process, business and innovation and a focus on 바카라사이트 impact agenda. Our students and staff will benefit greatly from his knowledge and wisdom.¡±

The former minister told 바카라 사이트 추천 after stepping down that he was keen to write a ¡°proper book about universities¡±.

¡°It won¡¯t exactly be a memoir,¡± he said, ¡°but given that I have been in opposition and in government working on university policy for almost a decade¡­I hope I¡¯ve got one or two observations that might be worth recalling.¡±

john.morgan@tesglobal.com