
Chris Skidmore: It’s freedom that will make Britain a global science superpower – not Whitehall micro-management
In spite of Cummings’ departure, DARPA should remain a manifesto priority: we need its approach to risk – and indeed failure.
Chris Skidmore is Minister of State jointly at the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He is MP for Kingswood.
Follow @In spite of Cummings’ departure, DARPA should remain a manifesto priority: we need its approach to risk – and indeed failure.
The world of work has moved on, so that training, and indeed retraining, needs to happen not just for 18 year olds, but everyone throughout their lives.
Those who don’t want to study or debate the past but tear it down should be strongly resisted.
I’m delighted that the Government is today unveiling 20 new University Enterprise Zones. These new UEZs will be based in universities right across the country.
We are providing funding to help service leavers to go to university, and scholarships for the children of those killed on duty.
I hope this work, which entails listening to party members, communities and businesses, will help to shape the future thinking of the Party.
Five task forces cover energising our economy, transforming our public services, building a fairer society, sustaining our democracy and shaping a Global Britain.
New data reveals the impact that the EBacc has had on raising standards
We can identify most of them by the age of 11 – so why is so little done about it?