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
Attacks on the disciplines are ¡®source of alarm¡¯, as they are central to employability in teaching ¡®how narratives fool us¡¯, THE event hears
Boris Johnson ¡®completely wrong¡¯ about vaccine success, while UK industrial strategy vacillation ¡®reeks of insecurity¡¯, innovation expert tells THE summit
Advert for student finance director post indicates minimum entry requirement idea proceeding, as sources suggest government may use GCSEs rather than A levels
Future association funding ¡®fairly secure¡¯ but must be discussed again with Treasury, says business secretary
Research England head believes science funding ¡®will increase in the way government has said, but perhaps not as frontloaded as we had hoped¡¯
Government refusal to allow more face-to-face teaching driven by Treasury fears of derailing indoor hospitality reopening, sector sources suggest
Scottish Parliament poll will see consensus on fee-free HE and may leave universities looking towards independence implications
Ex-chair discusses his time at regulator, next project reviewing delivery for the Westminster government and new book Accomplishment
ACE and AAC&U leaders want to reverse narratives of US as ¡®closed for business¡¯ and degrees leading to ¡®25 years in your parents¡¯ basement¡¯
Matt Western says pandemic shows HE as ¡®collective benefit¡¯ helping tackle society¡¯s problems, ahead of potential Labour policy battles
John Morgan looks at why UK research faces crisis over Horizon Europe funding under government that wants ¡®science superpower¡¯ status
Cutting existing research budgets by up to ?2 billion would put ¡®science superpower¡¯ aim at risk, Greg Clark tells Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson must rapidly step in after Treasury puts block on extra funding to cover Horizon Europe costs, sector figures warn
Social Market Foundation report calls for greater incentives for sectors to collaborate, instead of ¡®ideologically fuelled¡¯ deepening of divide
Winner of award for women in science in the developing world discusses growing up in a family of eight in Ghana and ¡®feeling like Christmas¡¯ when she is on a podium
Universities UK and Wellcome Trust express mounting fears about where funding to join European Union research programme will come from
UK¡¯s overhaul of defence and foreign policy sees science as ¡®arena of systemic competition¡¯
Netherlands government¡¯s package of support for students and universities comes as calls for fee refunds mount in England
Government looking at ways to reduce cost of system as pandemic pushes enrolments up and loan repayments down
Law professor helping rule on moderation rows sees chance to ¡®put my research into practice, after yelling at tech companies to do better¡¯, but others aren¡¯t convinced
Plan for unsponsored, points-based route features in budget, alongside freeze in fees for 2022-23
Researchers look at opinions about scholars expressed via metaphors ¨C with results ranging from the thought-provoking to the baffling
Ethics approval for survey shaping government policy should still stand, says university panel
No algorithm to be used to allocate grades following debacle that threw university admissions into chaos last year
