By Katherine Sellgren Published 9 January 2018 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Sam Gyimah has been made Universities and Science Minister for England in Theresa May's government reshuffle. Mr Gyimah's role straddles the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He replaces Jo Johnson, who has been made Transport Minister. Mr Gyimah, 41, will work alongside the newly appointed Education Secretary, Damian Hinds , who is replacing Justine Greening. What else do we know about him? born in Buckinghamshire but spent some of his childhood in his mother's native Ghana studied philosophy, politics and economics at Somerville College, Oxford worked for Goldman Sachs for five years before opting for a career in politics became Conservative MP for East Surrey in 2010 served as a government whip and was … [Read more...] about Sam Gyimah is new universities minister, replacing Jo Johnson