Like his brother, Rhodri Morgan, Prys Morgan studied at St John's College, Oxford, then joined the teaching staff of the University of Wales, Swansea, where his father had been a professor.
Like his brother, Rhodri Morgan, Prys Morgan studied at Whitchurch Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford. He then joined the teaching staff of the University of Wales, Swansea, where his father had been a professor.