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Jo Johnson

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Jo Johnson

@JoJohnsonUK

Executive Chairman, FutureLearn

London, England

Joined January 2011

Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Sep 5, 2019
It’s been an honour to represent Orpington for 9 years & to serve as a minister under three PMs. In recent weeks I’ve been torn between family loyalty and the national interest - it’s an unresolvable tension & time for others to take on my roles as MP & Minister. #overandout
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Nov 9, 2018
With great regret, I'm resigning from the Government - I have set out my reasons in this article and the video below. medium.com/@JoJohnsonUK/w…
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Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Dec 13, 2018
Parliament should be allowed to get on with it and vote on the PM's deal before Christmas. It's not going to improve with a few tweaks and assurances. It's fundamentally flawed. Persisting with it is burning up valuable time. Delaying vote til mid January totally unacceptable.
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Jan 26, 2020
A crackdown on academic freedom won't help India transform itself into a knowledge economy. Not a single university in the Times Higher Education’s global top 300 this year, for the first time since 2012. ft.com/content/15723d… via @FinancialTimes
Narendra Modi’s culture war storms India’s elite universities
From ft.com
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Dec 11, 2018
Persisting with this hopeless endeavour is irresponsible - Bloomberg editorial view is that it’s time to “let the people decide”
bloomberg.com
May Should Admit That Brexit Has Failed
Persisting with this hopeless endeavor is irresponsible.
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Jun 7, 2019
Big news - Home Secretary accepts my new clause in Immigration Bill lifting post study restrictions on foreign students! Real win for UK soft power. Many thanks to Conservative colleagues and the x-party MPs who backed it, esp ⁦@PaulBlomfieldMP⁩ on.ft.com/2WVk2B8
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Nov 30, 2018
Full of admiration for @SamGyimah. A strong & principled resignation statement. And good to see him open to giving the public the final say now we know the Brexit deal that’s actually on the table.
Jack Maidment
@jrmaidment
Nov 30, 2018
You can read why Sam Gyimah has chosen to quit the Government over the Brexit deal from the man himself. Here’s his piece for the @Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/…
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Oct 5, 2019
Many wonderful things about Orpington but Dina Asher-Smith is truly something else... not just the fastest in the world but 10 A*s at GCSE, 3 As at A Level and a first class degree from Kings ...
theguardian.com
Dina Asher-Smith: from park runner to world-beating superstar
At the age of seven, she was faster than her teachers. Old friends tell why the British sprint sensation is a grown-up version of her young self
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Jul 1, 2017
Actually. No. Disadvantaged young people now more than 40 per cent more likely to go to university than they were in 2009/10
Unite Politics
@UnitePolitics
Jul 1, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn: "Fewer working class young people are applying to university. Let's end the debt burden and scrap tuition fees!" #ToriesOut
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Sep 10, 2019
Fabulous news - at long last a sensible post study work regime !
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Jan 9, 2018
Toby Young's track record setting up & supporting free schools speaks for itself. His decision to stand down from the OfS board and repeat unreserved apologies for inappropriate past remarks reflects his character better than the one-sided caricature from his armchair critics.
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Jul 26, 2019
Delighted to be appointed unis & science minister (for the 4th time...by a 3rd consecutive PM). Really looking forward to working again with our world-class unis, scientists and innovators - our greatest national asset + key to our future as a knowledge economy
Times Higher Education
@timeshighered
Jul 26, 2019
In his first term as universities minister, Jo Johnson enacted radical policy changes. @Rachel_Hewitt_ considers what we can expect during his second turn in the post timeshighereducation.com/blog/what-can-…
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Jun 27, 2016
UK welcomes EU students. Current students and this autumn's applicants will continue to receive student finance for duration of their course
Jo Johnson
@JoJohnsonUK
Jan 9, 2019
Government must stop running down the clock in the hope of ramming the PM’s deal through Parliament at the eleventh hour - this amendment hopefully won’t let it.