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
FoI request reveals former vice-chancellor returned after suspension on full pay despite diminished powers
Government plans to tackle “extremism” will have a “seriously inhibiting effect on bona fide academic debate in universities”, MPs and peers warn
A petition has been set up calling for Nigel Thrift, the University of Warwick vice-chancellor, to be stripped of his knighthood.
The University of Huddersfield vice-chancellor Bob Cryan has defended the Duke of York, its patron, in the face of “ridiculous” sex allegations
A national group of collaborative outreach networks working with schools and colleges has launched, four years after a similar project was scrapped
Aston business school dean prizes feedback from alumni and employers as institutions begin to work like corporations
Members of the Independent Universities Group want to distinguish themselves from ‘dodgy’ for-profit colleges
Funding council installs overseer after permitting University of Northampton to borrow ?300m for Waterside campus
Plan to force overseas students to leave the UK after graduation appears to have been blocked by George Osborne
Middlesex University has announced that Michael Driscoll is to retire as vice-chancellor, to be replaced by The Open University’s Tim Blackman
Private college seeking designation invested ?3 million after being told it needed to inject further funding
The universities minister offered no guarantees in the review of the agencies
An updated governance code aims to help institutions avoid controversies while respecting autonomy, but some wish it said more about openness and inclusivity
David Willetts has criticised “mean-spirited” plans by his Tory colleague Theresa May to put further restrictions on overseas students
Theresa May is reported to be drawing up plans to send all overseas students back home once they finish their courses.
Teaching postgraduates costs ?11,300 on average while the figure for undergraduates is ?7,700, according to a study for England’s funding council.
Upper-level turbulence hits another institution in a rough year for university leaders
Coalition partner’s fees ‘betrayal’ could bring 2015 poll shifts in student-heavy constituencies. The campus political landscape assessed
Treasury also announces review of research councils to ensure ‘maximum impact’ from investment
A new code for UK university governing bodies aims to be a “bulwark against over-regulation”, as governance tensions rise in the sector
Chair of PAC tells civil servant he is ‘failing’ to account for public money and says situation is ‘nothing short of a scandal’
Private providers have been asked to help prepare the government for a key hearing on private higher education just days before it happens
Manchester Metropolitan University has appointed a new vice-chancellor – at the second time of asking
Uncertainty over how many students will apply for the loans and how much the scheme will cost
