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The Minister for Higher Education and Further Education, Youth Employment and Training is a
Junior minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, â ...
ial post in the Education Department of the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet. The post was created in May 2007 after the appointment of the
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minority administration and the Minister reports to the
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, commonly referred to as the Education Secretary, is a position in the Scottish Government Cabinet responsible for all levels of education in Scotland. The Cabinet Secretary is supported by the Min ...
, who has overall responsibility for the portfolio, and is a member of cabinet. The Minister has specific responsibility for further education and colleges, higher education and universities, science and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics, student funding, youth work, and widening access to education. The post is one of two reporting to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, alongside the Minister for Children and Young People.


Minister


History

The responsibilities of the junior ministerial reporting to the Education Secretary have changed considerably over time. The post was originally focused on schools: from 1999 to 2000, responsibility for schools rested with the Minister for Children and Education, which became the Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs in the McLeish Government of 2000 to 2001. From 2001 to 2007, the schools portfolio rested with the Minister for Education and Young People. The skills brief also rested with the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning between 1999 and 2007. The Salmond government, elected following the
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, created the junior post of the Minister for Schools and Skills who assisted the
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, commonly referred to as the Education Secretary, is a position in the Scottish Government Cabinet responsible for all levels of education in Scotland. The Cabinet Secretary is supported by the Mi ...
, in the
Scottish Executive Education Department The Scottish Government Education Directorates were a group of the civil service directorates in the Scottish Government. The Directorates were titled Children, Young People and Social Care; Schools; and Lifelong Learning. They were responsible ...
. This was then retitled on 7 December 2011 following the creation of the
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post which took over the responsibility for skills and training. A further change occurred in May 2016, following Nicola Sturgeon's reshuffle. The post was rebranded as Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science. The post was vacant for a period over as the summer of 2018, as
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's original choice,
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, was revealed to have posted comments of a
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nature in a
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in 2007. Ms Martin's name was omitted from the list of appointments to be approved by
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on 28 June 2018 following a
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.
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was later appointed to the role. Following the formation of the
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, the post was once more retitled to Minister for Higher Education and Further Education, Youth Employment and Training.


See also

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Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...
*
Question Time A question time in a parliament occurs when members of the parliament ask questions of government ministers (including the prime minister), which they are obliged to answer. It usually occurs daily while parliament is sitting, though it can be ca ...
* Scottish Government


References


External links


Cabinet and Ministers
on Scottish Government website
Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science
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