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The role of the new Department

The Department will work 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)
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