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
Reform following explosive exit of Martyn Percy could mean non-clergy leading Christ Church for first time in its near 500-year history
The lecturer in Islamic art discusses how her son set her on the way to contributing to one the world’s biggest-selling video game franchises and why she resists the idea of impact
PA Consulting survey spotlights concerns on finances plus relations with ministers and regulators, but also optimism on potential solutions
Shadow education secretary avoids mention of the word ‘fees’ in conference speech comments
Labour leader hits back at Rishi Sunak’s claim that higher education expansion target was one of ‘great mistakes of last 30 years’
New polling shows strong support for degrees from parents, while Tory tactic may be of ‘near-zero interest’ to public
Matt Western calls sustainable sector funding ‘a big ask’ as two vice-chancellors back graduate tax
Prime minister’s conference speech twice repeats ‘no more rip-off degrees’ line, sending signal ahead of election year
New Birmingham City University leader, who struggled to find work after first-class engineering degree, discusses boosting social capital for minority students and staff
Tory conference also hears ex-minister warn of ‘perverse situation’ in which ‘DfE is cutting R&D spending’ via tuition fee freeze
Tory conference hears much talk of apprenticeships, with education secretary on mission to ‘change every middle-class mind in country’
Dangers of universities being seen to shape public opinion highlighted in Pakistan, while Saudi leader warns of ‘slippery slope’
As higher education minister in the Blair government, Alan Johnson steered plans for top-up fees of ?3,000 through Parliament. As he returns to the sector in a new role, the former postman talks to John Morgan about why fee-funded university expansion remains the best hope for creating a fairer UK
Teaching students how to best use ChatGPT and other tools will be core to universities’ future, leaders tell THE summit
Metaverse campuses may be needed to alleviate loneliness of ‘personalised learning at scale’ driven by AI, Anant Agarwal tells THE summit
Incentives needed to build research across disciplines to address global challenges, THE summit hears
New Zealand’s leading university confronts ‘enduring and complex questions’ in diversity drive, THE summit hears
As legislation driving rebadged lifelong learning entitlement passes, sector leaders caution that mature learners’ aversion to debt means it cannot bring ‘transformation’ ministers foresee
Global Innovation Index shows China overtaking US on number of leading clusters, but UK impresses on intensive smaller clusters
As arguments for cost sharing in England advance, questions linger over what September changes mean for government-graduate balance
Lords committee report delivers biting criticism of ‘distant and combative’ English regulator, prompting calls for its chair to resign
Authors of report examining complaints say definition has become ‘political tool’ used to silence criticism of Israel
English regulator expresses concern about staffing levels and academic misconduct protections on business and management courses
Editors claim voices of victims are being silenced as future of Routledge book on harassment in academia left in doubt
