Gillian Keegan has been appointed as education secretary in the Westminster government by new prime minister Rishi Sunak.
The former skills minister succeeds Kit Malthouse, who left the Cabinet on 25 October as Mr Sunak took office.
She becomes the fifth education secretary to serve in the post within four months – a sign of the level of turbulence in the Conservative government.
Meanwhile, Suella Braverman has returned as home secretary days after resigning under former prime minister Liz Truss – a potential worry for universities given her aims to cut net migration and student visas. And Grant Shapps succeeds Jacob Rees-Mogg as business secretary, responsible for research funding.
