Johnny appears regularly on television and radio as an expert, a spokesperson, a presenter and, once, even on one occasion, a quiz contestant. He also contributes frequently to print and online media both as a commentator and writer.
Here are some links to just a few of those appearances:
The Wonkhe Show, 7/11/22: PODCAST: Fees increase, efficiency, Trump
Research Professional News, 30/11/2024: Autumn budget 2024: As it happened
Research Professional News, 29/10/2024: Budget 2024: Hopes and fears for research
The Asterisk, 8/8/2024: Exclusive: UK Formula Student teams shell out £0.8million in 2023
Research Professional News, 24/07/2024: Labour tipped to ‘change focus’ on next UKRI leader
Research Professional News, 5/7/2024: Labour election win: R&D and HE reaction
The Pie News, 11/4/24: New funding models explored as UK HEIs “running out of road”
Times Higher Education, 11/4/24: Students back employer levy to fund English higher education
FE Week, 11/4/24: The Pressing Challenge of Sustainable Higher Education Funding
Education Magazine, 11/4/24: Radical proposal for uni funding would slash student debt and cut graduates’ repayments by two thirds
Wonkhe, 11/4/24: They don’t understand it and when they do, they don’t like it
Higher Education Policy Institute blog, 11/4/24: How should undergraduate degrees be funded? A collection of essays
My Imaginary University Podcast, 20/2/24: Episode 16: Camford University – an interview
The i Paper, 26/9/22: 21 tips for uni students and their parents
FE News, 18/8/22: A-Level Results Day: Sector Response
The Wonkhe Show, 1/7/22: PODCAST: Equality charters, free speech, staff and tech, Labour and fees
University World News, 4/6/22: Why the Home Office ‘top graduate’ work visa plans won’t work
LSE Impact, 1/6/22: The Home Office plan for ‘high potential visas’ is no master card
FE News, 24/2/22: What does Augar means for disadvantaged young people?
HEPI Blog, 24/2/22: How to read today’s expected announcements on higher education from the Westminster Government: 10 points of note
The Week, 24/2/22: Pros and cons of minimum grades for student loans
Children & Young People Now, 24/2/22: Warning over impact of university entry reforms on disadvantaged pupils
The Independent, 23/2/22: Pupils who GCSE ENglish and Maths ‘may be blocked’ from student loans
The Week, 24/2/22: Sector Reaction to the expected consultation on HE minimum entry requirements as part of the Augar review
Times Higher Education, 19/1/22: The lifelong learning buffet needs nutritional oversight
The Wonkhe Show, 15/10/21: PODCAST: Skills, social mobility, black grads, free speech
University World News, 9/10/21: Karen MacGregor, ‘‘Levelling up’ needs a truly flexible skills system – Commission’
FE News, 4/10/21: ‘Reforming the UK’s Skills System – First Report from the Lifelong Education Commission’
Wonkhe, 30/9/21: Jim Dickinson, ‘Twelve things we learnt from July’s OfS Board papers’
The Wonkhe Show, 28/5/21: PODCAST: 7.5k fees, credit, student futures, apprenticeships
Wonkhe, 30/4/21, ‘Why put every student into the scramble of Clearing?’
*Research Professional, 30/4/21: Martin McQuillan, 8am Playbook
HEPI Blog, 19/4/2021, ‘The true potential of a national student survey’
Wonkhe, 12/4/2021: ‘Build back higher: Regulation fit for a different future’
Wonkhe, 1/4/2021: ‘If a provider is in trouble, who will take the force of the blow?’
HEPI Blog, 22/3/2021, ‘The Fair Access Coalition: 10 requirements for a fair admissions process’
The Wonkhe Show, 11/12/2020: PODCAST: Transfers, ONS, climate change, brexit
BBC London News, 1/10/2020, speaking on job prospects for graduates during the coronavirus pandemic.
TalkRadio, 17/8/2020, speaking on A levels and university choice
The Guardian, 8/8/2020: Daniella Adeluwoye, “Uncertainty made me struggle”: Covid puts financial stress on young people
Engineering & Technology Magazine, 13/8/20: ‘How the pandemic might change engineering education forever‘
The Wonkhe Show, 12/3/2020: PODCAST: Budget, Covid-19, OfS in court, misconduct
TalkRadio, 24/2/2020: The Matthew Wright Show
The Wonkhe Show, 5/12/2019: PODCAST: Free speech, UCAS data, HE SMEs, student data
Narrowcast Media Group, 4/7/2019: #HEFestival – In conversation with Johnny Rich
University World News, 1/12/2018: Proposal to levy employers instead of charging students
Times Higher Education, 29/11/2018: When employers invest in education, everyone is working together
BBC Online, 29/11/2018: Should firms pay their employees’ tuition fees?
The Times, 29/11/2018: Rosemary Bennett, ‘Call for graduate levy to shift university fees burden to employers’
The Guardian, Letters, 8/10/2018: ‘Essay mills: more than morally dubious‘
Luminate, 9/2018: Laura Greaves, ‘Johnny Rich on improving degree apprenticeships to create “supergrads”‘
Wonkhe, 27/8/2018: David Morris, ‘Visions for the AlterniTEF – can we do TEF better?‘
Times Higher Education, 25/4/2018: Academic fraud a ‘real challenge’ to UK’s quality assurance
Wonkhe, 5/4/2018: Ant Bagshaw, ‘Are we using the wrong end of the telescope to find the future of credentials?‘
Wonkhe, 3/5/2017: Mary Kellett & Grace Clifton, ‘Measuring gains and employability for part-time students‘
Huffington Post, 23/1/2017: Do I need to got to a good university?
New Writing, 10/10/2016: The Human Script by Johnny Rich
talkRadio, 10/6/2016: University fees: More teaching doesn’t mean better
Times Higher Education, 28/4/2016: David Matthews, The dangers of “character education” in higher education
Times Higher Education, 27/4/2016: David Matthews, Can academics change their students’ personalities?
Malta Today, 20/1/2016: Evarist Bartolo, ‘Confusing employability with employment’
Wonkhe, 4/1/2016: Doug Cole, ‘Employability: metrics and definitions‘
Training Journal, 14/12/2015: ‘Employability should be the central aim of higher education, says new report‘
Times Higher Education, 10/12/2015: ‘We need to talk about employability, not employment’
Huffington Post, 26/10/2015: ‘The pros and cons of rejection’
Never Imitate, 20/10/2015: Book Review: The Human Script
Jaffa Reads Too, 19/10/15: Book review: The Human Script by Johnny Rich
Firefly reads, 28/9/2015: REVIEW: The Human Script – Johnny Rich
Huffington Post, 17/9/2015: ’31 questions to give your brain a workout’
The Guardian, 5/8/15: Janet Murray, ‘Get the most for your money at university‘
Words are my craft, 2/6/2015: Book review, The Human Script by Johnny Rich
Rebekkah Lattin-Rawstrone, 13/12/13: Book review: The Human Script by Johnny Rich
Awesome Gang, 1/9/2013: Interview with Johnny Rich
The Telegraph, 13/8/2013: Helena Pozniak, ‘Researching universities: how to make the right choice‘
Byte the Book, 13/4/2013: Justine Solomons, ‘Philosophy, science and faith combine in a modern love story – The Human Script by Johnny Rich‘
The Guardian, 24/9/2012: Five reasons that UK universities cannot do outreach on their own
Covered Mag, 4/9/2012: Maxine Frances, ‘An essential guide to student finance‘
BBC News 24, 18/8/12, Your Money, advising on student finance.
BBC News, 12/8/11: ‘Average UK student debts “could hit £53,000”‘
SFS Group, 12/1/11, ‘Lancashire universities say it’s “impossible” for fees to be under £6k’.
Pareto Law, 7/1/11, ‘Students worried about rising graduate debt’. Read it here
Capita Education Resourcing, 10/1/11, ‘Extra marks to be given to enterprising students’ Read it here
Gradplus.com, 7/1/11, ‘Displaying corporate skills at uni could lead to graduate jobs for students’. Read it here
SFS Group, 6/1/11, ‘Students with corporate skills should be rewarded, expert says’. Read it here
ATL, 6/1/11, ‘Awarding extra marks for corporate schools “is good for students”’. Read it here
Daily Telegraph, 5/1/11, ‘UCAS: more students applying for vocational degrees’. Read it here
TWR Today, Trans World Radio, 7/1/11, Discussing students’ increased demand for vocational courses. Listen
Graduate–jobs.com, 6/1/11, ‘Students “choose practical degrees”’. Read it here
i-to-i Chalkboard News, 5/1/11, ‘Young people increasingly looking at vocation courses’. Read it here
Rapid Online, 9/12/10, ‘Two free years at university will not encourage poorest students’. Read it here
SFS Group, 8/12/10, ‘Giving poorer students extra university years “will make no difference”’.
Telegraph, 18/8/2010: Dorothy Lepkowska, ‘A-level results: arranging student accommodation‘
Randstad Education, 9/12/10, ‘New Government programme will not make a difference’. Read it here
i-to-i Chalkboard News, 8/12/10, ‘Two free years at university ‘will not encourage’ people from poorer backgrounds to attend’. Read it here
ATL, 8/12/10, ‘Giving disadvantaged students two free years at university is “not enough”’. Read it here
The Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, 12/10/10, Discussing the newly published Browne Report on Higher Education Funding. Listen
To uni or not ot uni?, BBC Radio 1xtra, 12/10/10, Interview with a documentary on the benefits of university. Listen
BBC Radio 5 Live, 20/8/10, studio expert for phone-in show in the week of A-level results Listen
Daily Telegraph, 19/8/10, ‘Seven students fight for every remaining university place’
Daily Telegraph, 19/8/10, ‘Home, sweet digs’
Daily Telegraph, 19/8/10, ‘Ease the pain of student poverty’
BBC News, 18/8/10, ‘New students face £25,000 debt’ Read it here
The Independent, 16/8/10, Cover story, ‘Who would want to be 18 today?’
Daily Mail, 13/8/10, ‘New students face £25,000 debt’ Read it here
Daily Telegraph, 13/8/10, ‘“Seven-week” back-log for loan applications’
The Times, 13/8/10, ‘New students facing final debt of £25,000’
The Independent, 13/8/10, ‘New students face £25,000 debt’
Daily Express, 13/8/10, ‘Students face £25,000 debt’
Sky News, 13/8/10, ‘New students to graduate “owing £25,000”’ Read it here
Telegraph, 21/8/2009: Emma Simon, ‘Graduates’ guide to beating the recession’
Telegraph, 20/8/2009: Warwick Mansell, ‘A-level results: Ucas university clearing guide
Parliamentary Briefing Papers, 5/5/09, ‘Student and graduate debt statistics’ Read it here
FIVE News, 18/8/08, interview about Push National Student Debt Survey results.
The Times, 17/8/2008, ‘Forget banks’ bribes, study the overdrafts‘
