John Ross joined Times Higher Education?as?APAC editor in February 2018. He was previously higher education and science correspondent with The Australian newspaper. He has won the National Press Club’s Higher Education Journalist of the Year award three times, most recently in 2022, and has been shortlisted six times. He holds a communications degree from what is now the University of Technology Sydney. He swims in the Pacific Ocean every day, drinks too much coffee and plays Galician bagpipes quite badly.
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Articles by John Ross
‘A poor communicator who ghosts me’: disaffected research students and supervisors have similar grievances about each other, survey reveals
Compulsory assessment tasks that highlight cultural histories of Australia and New Zealand help prepare students for future careers, universities insist
Budget projections that changes in repayment rules will incur no extra expense ‘lack credibility’, expert says
Promise emerged less than 18 hours after government handed down a slender pre-election budget
Cost-of-living help unveiled for students, staff and graduates, but sector remains all but empty-handed
Up to 185 more jobs in the frame, as restructuring of university switches from teaching to operations
Institutions taking ‘as long as they like’ over investigations to protect reputations, according to Australian research integrity campaigner
Tally of unsubsidised students could reach thousands, representative body warns, after enrolments surpass projections
Seven-figure salaries needed to attract top talent, universities argue, but staff apprehend ballooning executive remuneration with ‘disbelief and anger’
Fees rising and scholarships disappearing as visa constraints reduce incentive to keep students’ costs low
Threats to US-funded research and infrastructure could mean ‘profound implications for Australians’, academy warns
China’s neighbours benefit in list of the world’s most international universities, as giant expands its network
Rules designed for adversaries do not help against friends, expert warns, as US grills Australian researchers on DEI, ‘environmental justice’, ‘gender ideology’ and China links
Teaching and nursing enrolments surge as students seek ‘safer’ career paths in an uncertain and expensive world
Reforms to boost opportunities for those just starting out could have the opposite effect, observers warn
Students spiked their visa paperwork to bolster their chances next time around, new data suggests
Teqsa’s request for extra clout to tackle ‘systemic’ governance failures deemed too much by some, too little and late by others
Australian east coast campuses emerge from lockdown after wayward storm pulled its punches
Recording gender identity but not sex perpetuates historical exclusion of women from research, paper argues
The marine biologist and new University of Melbourne vice-chancellor is intent on using insights from beneath the waves to keep her institution afloat through the brewing storms
Communing with long-term residents is vital to overseas learners’ well-being but can leave them feeling more isolated than ever
Experts concede shortcomings in the oversight of universities but question whether Teqsa is best placed to resolve them
Australian department ‘not aware’ of computer ‘bug’ that applicants blame for torpedoing their PhD dreams
VET needs a boost, researcher argues, amid counter-claims that higher education is on the back foot
