Following the reports from today's reshuffle it appears that:
- DIUS has now been merged into a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Lord Mandelson is now the Secretary of State in charge of HE
Given the way that things are unfolding in government, I am tempted to think this might have more to do with expediency than strategic policy - but it does mean that HE is now clearly linked to business rather than the rest of education within government. It will be interesting to see if this has any consequences.
