MillionPlus welcomes the appointment of Greg Clark MP as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

MillionPlus, the Association for Modern Universities, has today welcomed the appointment of Greg Clark MP as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Pam Tatlow, Chief Executive of MillionPlus, said:

“Modern universities support excellent research, are global players in research collaboration and key drivers of the UK’s research and innovation agenda at home. We warmly welcome the appointment of Greg Clark MP as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The new department has a much wider remit to progress an agenda that includes the challenge of tackling regional inequality and we look forward to working with him again.”

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Notes to editors

1. MillionPlus is the Association for Modern Universities. More information can be found at www.millionplus.ac.uk
2. For further information or to arrange an interview, please contact Dan Blows on 020 7717 1658 or email press@millionplus.ac.uk