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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Student leaders protesting their university¡¯s failure to accredit their degrees find themselves in Papua New Guinea jail, after ¡®opportunist¡¯ torches vehicles
Debate over how to handle polarised issues considered too polarising by students
US, with the looming possibility of a second Trump presidency, deemed a more reliable education prospect than its anglophone rivals
New ¡®process¡¯ among proposals to improve quality and transparency of university governance
Australian higher education ¡®in a good state¡¯ but drive to widen participation brings challenges, says departing leader
Students carry the can for rental spikes and record low vacancies while alternative causes are overlooked, says accommodation lobby
Dozens of consultancy bigwigs feature in corporate-heavy council membership, according to union analysis
Substantial allowance ¡®fair recompense¡¯ for extra expectations on Aboriginal employees, Murdoch says
Latest changes encourage more recruitment from China for universities that already have the market cornered
Student loans among the ¡®areas where we need to do much better with the younger generation¡¯, prime minister concedes
Climate change is ¡®exacerbating almost every type of illness¡¯, and health graduates of all stripes must be geared up for it
Universities that only recognise academic integrity implications are ¡®really missing the picture¡¯
Overseas students¡¯ rebounding satisfaction rates coincide with Australian policy moves to keep them out
Offshore venture will neither require funds from nor contribute to its struggling New Zealand parent, at least in the short term
Female and male academics alike suffer from apparent bias against female-dominated fields such as education and nursing, study suggests
Agents had not kept their clients in the loop despite pocketing thousands of dollars in fees, survey finds
Jobs chopped at universities, government agencies and crown research institutes
New government¡¯s decision spells the end of ¡®back-breaking¡¯ exercise, commentators say
Universities must gear themselves up to deal with an activity that has ¡®evolutionary roots¡¯, academic integrity expert argues
Scamsters enlisted dozens of Indonesian universities to embellish the educational benefits of a German holiday jobs programme, police say
Delays and baffling rejections are leaving their mark, analyst warns
Pivotal Australian report risks enshrining curse of ¡®low expectations¡¯, critics warn
¡®Low-risk¡¯ institutions now in the minority as universities carry the can for non-fraudulent visa refusals
Teachers fret about workloads and researchers about job security in ¡®rare sport¡¯ of academia