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
No British public university has ever had to close its doors, but funding pressures are leading to vast numbers of redundancies and fuelling dire warnings that some institutions are close to the edge. So what would a collapse actually mean for students, staff and wider economies? John Morgan reports
Shadow chancellor¡¯s regional productivity agenda could be driven by devolving parts of R&D funding or creating new kinds of institutions, say experts
Timing of review raises suspicions that ministers are keen to deflect attention from uncomfortable migration data
Conservative to step down as MP at next general election
Report on ¡®voices from the frontline¡¯ aims to dispel degree apprenticeship misconceptions like that of middle-class takeover
MAC chair clarifies graduate visa review will define abuse purely as ¡®breach of the immigration rules¡¯
Author of last Tory manifesto warns universities may attract unwanted campaign attention and says ¡®everyone hates the Conservatives for the same reasons¡¯
University cites fall in returning students amid cost-of-living crisis for current year¡¯s shortfall, while warning of sector funding crisis impact
Outgoing Oxford chancellor, ¡®chairman of the Tory party when there was one¡¯, advocates cross-party consensus on state investment, not higher fees
Essex professor discusses studying war¡¯s legacy in grief and the importance of history beyond Oxbridge
UK universities must make flexible working ¡®the default¡¯, including in high-salary jobs, to tackle gender pay gaps, says thinktank
Office for Students insists it has ¡®no recommendations of directions of travel¡¯ as it seeks views on distribution of ?1.5 billion annual budget
Professor leading Migration Advisory Committee warns home secretary that two-month timescale is ¡®much shorter than normal¡¯ and will ¡®substantially limit evidence¡¯ that can be considered
Commission¡¯s move following Percy affair provoking internal controversy, source claims
Science secretary concedes she could have written to agency ¡®in confidence¡¯ rather than tweeting concerns about Israel-Gaza views among EDI group
Jisc review finds UK ahead of global average on open access, but questions whether purportedly temporary measures are proving effective at driving change
Sector leaders express frustration as chancellor praises universities, but offers little additional money
Students feeling lonely and ¡®underwhelmed¡¯ by university experience, warns UPP Foundation report based on survey and focus groups
Companies¡¯ lack of capacity to absorb ideas is big part of picture, says author on paper touted as evidence for economic failure of academic research
Sector body aims to head off moves against graduate visa, saying it has boosted international enrolments by 600,000 and UK economy by ?60 billion
Overseas enrolment on postgraduate courses down at three-quarters of institutions responding to sector survey
Academic leading sex and gender research review for government also criticises ¡®shocking failure of leadership in sector¡¯ after professor¡¯s tribunal win against OU
LSE academic¡¯s book partly inspired by innovation economy divisions in his hometown of Oxford
Latest figures show Chinese application numbers back on trend, but caution sounded on headwinds and ¡®super-dependence¡¯
