The government has finally confirmed portfolios for new Department for Education ministers appointed in Liz Truss’s first reshuffle.
Andrea Jenkyns remains minister for skills – although her title has been shortened from “minister for skills, further and higher education”. Meanwhile Baroness Barran – who had been minister for the school system – is now minister for the school and college system.
According to the DfE website, Jenkyns’ role now also includes strategy for post-16 education and covers funding for educating or training 16- to 19-year-olds, however higher education reform and Covid-19 recovery for further and higher education are no longer listed in her responsibilities.
Obligations she held for reducing NEETs (not in education, employment or training) and careers education and guidance have moved across to Barran.
