David Lammy MP
Responsible for working with the Higher Education (HE) sector to ensure that we sustain and develop world-class Higher Education in the UK, including:
- Building strong relationships across the HE sector
- HE teaching quality
- Research Assessment Exercise/Research Excellence Framework in HE; assesses the quality of research in universities and colleges in the UK, enabling the higher education funding bodies
- Climate change campaign in HE
- High Level Skills; seeking to increase significantly the number of people qualified to Level 4 (or university level skills) and above
- Voluntary giving; universities raising independent revenue from donors
- Student support policy; student grants and loans
- All student loans issues
Responsible for the Intellectual Property Office, promoting creativity and innovation in the UK, and ensuring it is fairly rewarded, particularly:
- Delivery of trade marks, patents and registered designs
- Copyright Policy Enforcement of IP
- Promoting the role of IP in innovation and wealth creation
Additionally, responsible for the Department's contribution to Government-wide counter-terrorism work.
