Labours new BIS team is shaping up like this:
Shadow Business Secretary – Chuka Umanna
Shadow science spokeswoman – Chi Onwurah (continuing the role she had before)
Shadow higher education spokeswoman – Shabana Mahmood, MP for Birmingham Ladywood
Other MPs on the team: Ian Wright, Toby Perkins, Ian Murray, Gordon Marsden.
Leading in the Lords: Wilf Stevenson and Tony Young continue.
So Mahmood, elected in 2010 and pictured left, replaces Gareth Thomas in the universities brief.
Thanks to my Research Fortnight colleague Miriam Frankel for the update.