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
Madeleine Atkins says student opportunity funding ‘will go’ unless government can see a ‘return on investment’
Hefce chief Madeleine Atkins also says counter-terror role for funding council was ‘gift not asked for’
Minister also uses Hefce speech to draw comparisons with Labour over HE funding
Kevin Spacey to play a key cameo in new home for fashion, fine art, film and theatre students
From post-Taliban Afghanistan to quality control: Global Education Dialogue offered insights on topics such as access for women and private providers
Board claims in public letter that Labour has ignored the ‘legitimate concerns of vice-chancellors’
Move described as ‘early job application’ for council to be chief regulator after the election
English vice-chancellors have warned Labour not to commit to lowering fees to ?6,000, saying the policy would lead to funding cuts for universities
The government has announced a series of new restrictions on private colleges, including “rapid response” investigations of fraud allegations.
Jargon demanded by REF ‘risks isolating universities from rest of society’
Students at college are accessing nearly ?96m of SLC funding
Picking up professor’s tab for defending himself in tribunal adds ?66,000 to university’s expenses arising out of suspension
Party’s policy announcement awaited as prospect of call for ?6,000 fees continues to vex sector
Twenty-four university leaders have urged the government to exempt universities from the counter-terrorism bill or risk harming academic freedom
University says there are ‘lessons to be learned’ from professor’s tribunal
‘Institution level’ designation granted to ifs University College in August makes it first to win the status since 2006
Academics seek to determine role of Sir Mark Walport after announcement of Nurse review of research councils
Endorsement comes after ministers are accused by Labour of misleading Parliament
The University of Sussex should not have suspended four students after a protest and should pay compensation, the sector’s complaints body has found
The UK is ranked fifth among the world’s most developed nations for the number of young people with higher education, after rapid progress since 2000
Labour leader also pledges to say more on HE policy ‘by time of manifesto’
Three of the UK’s funding bodies want to “re-test assumptions” about the importance of comparability of standards across the sector’s institutions
University settles Adrian Graves’ employment tribunal claim after vice-chancellor leaves
Nanyang Technological University president’s claim that tenure dispute was ‘not political’ contested by ex-faculty member Cherian George
