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
The Russell Group will spend ?9 billion on capital projects over five years, “comparable” to the UK’s spend on hosting the Olympics, a report claims
Too many policy experts look to the US and Australia as “some higher education funding nirvana”, according to the vice-chancellor who chairs Million+.
Universities could be allowed to seek cash without asking funding council’s permission
The UK’s social mobility debate is too narrowly focused on a “small number of elite universities” and needs to be “dragged out of the 1970s”.
Australia is to remove all caps on tuition fees, a move billed as allowing its universities to compete with “the best in the world”.
A vice-chancellor has made an impassioned defence of the benefits to universities of European Union membership amid the rise in popularity of Ukip.
University of Law also has a new Guernsey-based parent firm
The story of an unlikely branch campus in Cyprus and higher education on a divided island
Student loan income at institution owned by BV holding company rises
How are universities faring after the first full year of operating under the ?9,000 fees regime?
Change in guidance meant to ‘incentivise’ BIS to check long-term costs
Universities with high tariffs gain most under new fees regime, Hefce finds
Under new system, average repayments will double, IFS finds
Scientists have reacted angrily to changes in A-level content announced by Michael Gove.
David Willetts is “arrogant and out of touch” in seeking “unfair” cuts to disabled students’ funding, according to the National Union of Students.
UUK report details scope of sector’s economic activity, which adds up to 2.8?per cent of GDP
Senior scholar decries ‘divisive’ mission groups and government’s market focus
Big post-92s suffer as Hefce steers allocations towards strong recruiters
A ?2.5 billion drop in forecast student loan repayments over six years means the government will “massively overrun” on its higher education budget, independent experts have warned
Former head of oversight at standards watchdog advising private colleges how to pass review
Hitting RAB charge ‘threshold’ will make ?9,000 system more costly than old
Deputy v-c at Regent’s University London must be a strong scholar and able ‘ambassador’. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
The government will outline options to increase postgraduate student numbers later this year, according to today’s Budget statement.
The Office of Fair Trading wants further scrutiny of English higher education to judge if some rules for students may breach consumer protection law
