Minister for Higher and Further Education | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Ministear airson Foghlam Àrd-ìre agus Adhartach | |
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since 29 March 2023 | |
Member of | |
Reports to | Scottish Parliament |
Seat | Edinburgh |
Appointer | First Minister |
Inaugural holder | Maureen Watt Minister for Schools and Skills |
Formation | 17 May 2007 |
Salary | £106,185 per annum (2024)[1] (including £72,196 MSP salary) |
Website | www |
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The Minister for Higher and Further Education is a Junior ministerial post in the Education Department of the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend[2] the Scottish Cabinet. The post was created in May 2007 after the appointment of the Scottish National Party minority administration and the Minister reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, 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.[3]
The post is one of two reporting to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, alongside the Minister for Children and Young People.