John Morgan was deputy news editor. He reported on politics and government policy, higher education funding, university governance and private provision in the sector.
He completed a PhD in English literature at the University of Leeds before spending three years as a reporter at the Cambridge News, where he was health correspondent.
John was winner of the outstanding higher education journalism category at the 2018 CIPR Education Journalism Awards.
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Articles by John Morgan
Party would use review to consider ¡®any necessary reforms¡¯, having previously indicated it may favour a graduate tax
Society president warns parties must address ¡®huge reputational damage¡¯ to UK science caused by Brexit
Lord Kerslake, chair of UK2070 Commission, calls for ¡®MIT of the North¡¯ and ¡®HE-FE systems¡¯ in deprived towns
Party¡¯s lifelong learning report features call for new organisation to coordinate across National Education Service
Foreign Affairs Committee hears report of academics in UK being bugged as they discussed Russia
Talks unlikely to take place until referendum clarifies whether country will undergo its own ¡®Brexit moment¡¯
Ankara may be seeking long-term presence in Syria through campuses that will bring influx of non-Kurdish refugees, according to experts
The Yale Law School professor discusses the ¡®sham¡¯ of meritocracy, the damage the idea causes and why elite universities are part of the problem
UK and Switzerland risk missing out on beginning of €100 billion (?86 billion) programme, alongside potential newcomers Australia and Canada
England¡¯s Office for Students also says 13 providers are in ¡®representations process¡¯ after being provisionally refused loans access
As government takes interventionist stance, education experts call for deeper measures on social and institutional inequality
Investment will create 2,700 new PhD places in biosciences and AI research
Scheme means universities can spend levy money on own training for lecturers instead of seeing it claimed by government
For-profit college says it has been granted permission for judicial review against ¡®unlawful¡¯ refusal, which blocks loan access
OfS plan comes as v-c warns government focus on graduate earnings value will ¡®downgrade¡¯ excellent universities beyond London
Boris Johnson¡¯s most senior adviser appears to have big plans for the research community, but his ¡®scientist-as-hero¡¯ vision may misunderstand the nature of modern scholarship
Juergen Maier calls on UK government to associate to Horizon Europe post-Brexit, but also to create British innovation fund
Queen¡¯s Speech raises question of whether Dominic Cummings would seek to reshape entire research funding system
Barking and Dagenham College loses injunction bid on publication but has also filed judicial review over refusal
Hepi poll finds students show little preference for ?7,500 fee above ?9,250 status quo, casting doubt on electoral benefit of plan
Green Paper under consideration to explore nature and scope of ¡®mission¡¯ approach, while funding increases under discussion could range to the ¡®eye-popping¡¯
Munira Mirza claimed some academics wished to suppress intellectual freedom, in article written while working for King¡¯s College London
Julia Buckingham also aims to protect funding, as response to Augar review is debated
Ministers expected to reject Augar fee cut plan, raising question of what will be election offer on university fees and funding
