Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

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The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) is a British government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the disbanded departments of Education and Skills and Trade and Industry. It is responsible for adult learning, further and higher education, skills, science and innovation. It is led by the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills currently Rt Hon John Denham MP. Its first Permanent Secretary is Ian Watmore, who was previously UK head of e-Government.

The Department's role is to:

• Sustain and develop a world-class research base
• Maximise the exploitation of the research base to support innovation across all sectors of the economy
• Raise and widen participation in Higher Education
• Raise participation and attainment by young people and adults in post-16 education and learning
• Tackle the skills gap amongst adults, particularly equipping people with basic literacy and numeracy
• Increase the supply of people in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

Other education functions of the former DfES were taken over by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

[edit] Current Ministers

As of 24 February 2008:^[1]

• Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills - The Rt Hon. John Denham MP
  • Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education - Bill Rammell MP
  • Minister of State for Science and Innovation - Ian Pearson MP
    • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills - David Lammy MP
    • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property and Quality- Baroness Morgan

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills: official website

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