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 Board of Deputies of British Jews has written to vice-chancellors urging them to consider derecognising the University and College Union if it "refuses to address claims of institutional racism".
Hundreds of the University of Sheffield’s lowest-paid workers are on strike today in a dispute over pension cuts, while union officials at the University of Salford claim that a multimillion-pound “white elephant” development is costing administrative staff their jobs.
Delegates vote for a summer of discontent over pay and pensions. John Morgan reports
A diverse range of motions at the University and College Union congress covered worries over student-to-staff ratios, vice-chancellors standing "snout-to-snout in the trough" against their employees, and a bid to annul the general election result.
As the new union president takes office, he tells John Morgan about his priorities for the future
Manchester Metropolitan University has said that it will "take all means to defend itself" over allegations of low standards on an exam after appearing to agree with a student that the test was "very similar" to a practice paper taken a week before.
Higher education employers have offered staff a ?100 pay rise for the 2011-12 academic year.
University College London plans to outsource all its cleaning and security services, but a union claims the "potentially illegal" move would harm the institution's lowest-paid staff and the quality of provision.
NUS says students would 'baulk' at automated attendance monitoring. John Morgan reports
Head also reaffirms commitment to institution's 'broad-based' heritage. John Morgan reports
The general secretary of the University and College Union has pledged to continue to press private colleges on issues such as quality of provision and working conditions after claiming that the union had received "legal threats" for speaking out.
London Met may miss out on millions as students are turned away. John Morgan reports
Scholar says data analysis flags up risks of moving toward US-style sector, writes John Morgan
The chairman of the board of governors at London Metropolitan University has responded to a complaint from a students’ union officer by advising the vice-chancellor to “kill her with information and kindness” – and accidentally copied the email to the union officer concerned.
The University of Birmingham sent senior administrators to two US institutions for a “transatlantic summit” as part of its preparations for the UK’s more market-oriented funding regime.
Academics claim that big corporate giver is allowed to vet professors, reports John Morgan
UCU to ballot over 'seriously disruptive action' as employers get their way. John Morgan reports
The UK’s ?2.4 billion overseas student market could yet take a hit from government visa restrictions, according to a private firm that provides foundation courses.
Unions warn that complex contracts with private firms will lead to job losses, writes John Morgan
