Michelle Donelan

The Conservative MP has been universities minister since 2020, having kept her post in a major government reshuffle in September of last year. She was elected ...

Who is new education secretary Michelle Donelan? Who is new education secretary Michelle Donelan? Michelle Donelan has been appointed the new education secretary tonight following Nadhim Zahawi’s appointment as chancellor.

Donelan is to replace Nadhim Zahawi following his promotion to Chancellor after Rishi Sunak stood down from the position, Downing Street has confirmed. The news ...

Donelan is also a member of the Conservative Party, she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham since 2015. Universities Minister Michelle Donelan has been named as the new Education Secretary following a mass of resignations. Michelle Donelan named Education Secretary as Boris Johnson promotes Nadhim Zahawi

Mr Zahawi becomes Chancellor after senior ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resigned from their positions amid Boris Johnson's handling of the row over ...

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Michelle Donelan has been promoted to become education secretary in the Westminster government, as Boris Johnson battled to save his premiership.

Yet not all backbenchers appeared impressed with the appointment of Ms Donelan, who had attended cabinet since last autumn. Although Ms Donelan’s promotion marks the next step in the Chippenham MP’s rapid rise, inevitably there will be questions about how long Mr Johnson – and what remains of his Cabinet – will remain in post, as his political prospects continued to hang by a thread. The pair were the major winners of a Cabinet reshuffle that was forced on Mr Johnson by the resignations of Rishi Sunak as chancellor and Sajid Javid as health secretary in the wake of revelations about what the prime minister knew about allegations against former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher.

Why did the reshuffle occur? The reshuffle had occurred due to Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resigning, literally within minutes of each other earlier. Rishi ...

It was an unprecedented day for resignations in the Conservative Party over Boris Johnson’s leadership. In 2015 she worked on the Education Select Committee and particularly the sub-committe on Education, Skills and the Economy. She is the MP for Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham, Melksham and the villages since 2015.

Ms Donelan is to replace Nadhim Zahawi following his promotion to Chancellor after Rishi Sunak stood down from the position, Downing Street has confirmed. The ...

Ms Donelan is also a member of the Conservative Party, she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham since 2015. Universities Minister Michelle Donelan has been named as the new Education Secretary following a mass of resignations. Michelle Donelan named as Education Secretary as Boris Johnson promotes Nadhim Zahawi

There has been a reshuffle after Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resigned from their roles in cabinet. | ITV News West Country.

At times she has clashed with the higher education sector, most notably on the issue of free speech. Ms Donelan was the first in her family to attend university. Ms Donelan has also spoken passionately on the subject of student safety on campuses, calling on all universities to sign a pledge to end the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual harassment and assault.

Mr Zahawi becomes Chancellor after senior ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resigned from their positions amid Boris Johnson's handling of the row over ...

Like her predecessor, she has had an inspiring journey into politics, the first in her family to attend university. At times she has clashed with the higher education sector, most notably on the issue of free speech. She recently called on university vice-chancellors to “reflect carefully” over whether their membership of schemes such as Advance HE’s Race and Equality Charter was “conducive” to creating an environment for free speech within universities, which the sector pushed back on with a strongly-worded letter.

Former universities minister Michelle Donelan has been made the new education secretary. It follows Nadhim Zahawi's departure from the post as he becomes ...

This will also be the first year of awards for teenagers studying T-levels, the government's flagship technical qualifications. Ms Donelan will also have to see through Parliament the passage of the Higher Education Bill, which will require universities and student unions to protect freedom of speech on campuses. Ms Donelan went to state school in Cheshire and was the first in her family to go to university, studying at the University of York. Ms Donelan will have to oversee the successful introduction of more of these courses in the new academic year. Ms Donelan will also oversee the channelling of all cash for catch-up tutoring directly to schools for the first time, after the government axed its contract with tutoring supplier Randstad. Perhaps the biggest issue Ms Donelan will have to contend with is the impact of two years of disruption on schoolchildren.

Ms Donelan is to replace Nadhim Zahawi following his promotion to Chancellor after Rishi Sunak stood down from the position, Downing Street has confirmed. The ...

Ms Donelan is also a member of the Conservative Party, she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham since 2015. Universities Minister Michelle Donelan has been named as the new Education Secretary following a mass of resignations. Michelle Donelan named as Education Secretary as Boris Johnson promotes Nadhim Zahawi

The Chippenham MP Michelle Donelan has been confirmed as the new Education Secretary following a move by Nadhim Zahawi to Number 11 Downing Street…

Like her predecessor, she has had an inspiring journey into politics, the first in her family to attend university. Most of these related to increased levels of centralised control over academies and had been fiercely contested in the Lords. In a year when the competition for university places has never been more fierce, the disappointment of youngsters who have also lost out heavily in the pandemic could be tricky to smooth over.