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 former head of England’s funding council thought the government was setting fees “too high” at ?9,000.
The number of English students who had applied for university by mid-December is lower than in the last four years.
Thailand, Cyprus and Sri Lanka initiatives bring fiscal losses and criticism
An Indian private university has been given official backing by the Indian government for its off-shore campus in London.
Hepi head and HE analyst tell MPs that coalition sums don’t add up
‘Manhattan Project’ that some think could pave the way for variable fees proceeds with Nuffield funding
Reading v-c condemns Autumn Statement announcement as a purely political move
Beijing wants to supercharge its nation’s universities as it has its railroads, but might its ambitions falter for want of academic freedom and cultural change?
The government’s plan to finance extra student places by the future sale of student loans is like a Ponzi scheme, according to a thinktank.
The government’s plan to fund extra student numbers by selling loans omits billions of pounds in lost repayments, the chancellor has admitted.
The government’s claim it can fully fund extra student places by selling loans is “wrong”, according to the MP in charge of examining public accounts.
Russell Group critical of abolition of student numbers cap
The Treasury’s stated plan to fund expansion in student places by the sale of loans omits ?1.7 billion in lost repayments arising from the sell off.
Shadow universities minister delivers vision for sector in first major speech
The plan to fund extra student places by selling the student loan book is “nonsense” in economic terms, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Thirty-six people were arrested after another confrontation between protesters and police at the University of London.
The Russell Group has attacked the government’s decision to abolish student number caps, warning of a potential decline in quality.
The government will abolish the cap on student numbers “altogether” the year after next, George Osborne has announced
David Willetts has “lost control” of his department’s budget in “spectacular fashion”, according to his Labour counterpart Liam Byrne.
The government has been warned by a leading peer not to cut the science and research budget in today’s autumn statement.
BIS admits scale of planned recruitment was ‘unaffordable’
Shadow universities minister also vows to tackle overseas recruitment barrier
Cambridge Education Group, which prepares international students for university, has been sold to a private equity firm in a deal worth ?185 million.
The government has suspended all funding for overseas EU students at private colleges, and for Bulgarians and Romanians at public universities.
