Francis Nigel Forman (25 March 1943 – 11 May 2017), known as Nigel Forman, was a British Conservative politician.
After working in the Conservative Research Department from 1968 to 1976 he was elected as an MP.
He became a prominent backbench MP and was appointed to the position of Minister of Higher Education in April 1992.
In December 1992 he resigned from this post "for personal reasons".
He lost his seat in Parliament in the 1997 general election and subsequently worked as a lecturer, writer and instructor.
He was married to Susan Forman in 1971 and the couple had no children.