Minister of State for Higher Education and Intellectual Property

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;
• Ensuring Higher Education Institutions contribute fully to innovation agenda;
• Climate change campaign in HE;
• Higher Level Skills;
• Voluntary giving;
• Student support policy;
• Transition to Customer First;
• Responsibility for the Student Loans Company;
• Student loans sale.

Responsible for developing and implementing through the Intellectual Property Office an intellectual property system that promotes creativity and innovation in the UK, including:

• 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.