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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The increasingly influential University and College Union Left group has lost out in elections that lead to the union’s presidency in 2013.
But parent and student opinion did not make it into final report, FoI reveals. John Morgan writes
Review raises fresh concerns about Left influence in union, John Morgan writes
Sixty-three of the UK’s most prestigious universities face strikes over changes to pensions after members of the University and College Union backed stoppages.
Students being forgotten in rush to top of cap, David Willetts claims. John Morgan reports
University education is now the big-ticket expenditure for rural families. John Morgan reports
Fees hike may accelerate existing trend for new academic appointments. John Morgan reports
Left-wing groups plan to greet UUK meeting with pickets and walkouts. John Morgan reports
'Concerned stakeholders' question official silence over sacking of finance officer. John Morgan writes
Questions over whether fee remission counts as widening participation. John Morgan reports
Ballots for national strikes in higher education have been delayed after a union included a typographical error in the formal notice sent to universities.
The University of Cumbria has appointed a new vice-chancellor, following a period of turmoil in its leadership and finances.
Union members at the University of the West of England are to strike over plans to cut jobs and make academics reapply for their positions.
Universities in England face a ?180 million, 4 per cent cut to their teaching grant in the next academic year, along with additional cuts this year.
Via study-away sites, local partnerships, portals and fully fledged overseas campuses, ambitious universities in the West are increasingly keen to take root elsewhere. John Morgan asks how the overseas market will develop
Birmingham and Nottingham join forces with 'collaborative framework'. John Morgan reports
UCU trio claim body is being 'taken over' by SWP and left-wing members. John Morgan reports
The University of Wolverhampton has appointed Geoff Layer as its new vice-chancellor.
Protests against education cuts are taking place in London and Manchester today as the main lecturers’ union signals that strikes in the academy could be coordinated with industrial action in other sectors.
As foreign loan debts balloon, experts fear 2012 rise will make things worse. John Morgan reports
Imperial's proposals to extend the working day have not been welcomed, writes John Morgan