Research and university leaders have lamented Sam Gyimah’s surprise resignation from his post as science and universities minister.
Gyimah stepped down from government on 30 November, after less than a year in the job, announcing he intended to vote against prime minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal. In a resignation letter, Gyimah said that a row over the UK’s role in the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation system after Brexit showed that it would be “EU first” under the proposed Brexit deal.
A new universities and science minister is expected to be appointed on 3 December.
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