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
Land handover entrenches Southern Cross’ sanctuary role
Government signals willingness to move on fine points of Australian Research Council bill, as opposition insists on veto rights
Incongruous Australian indexation rules to see arts students paying A$17,000 a year, unless accord’s final report produces an overhaul
Senate committee overlooks warnings of unintended consequences from Australian Research Council reform, saying bill is ‘overwhelmingly’ supported
‘Blunt’ measures predicted as politicians ‘panic’ over population explosion
While the world’s most populous country is a bit player in Malaysian international education, diplomatic overtures and an IIT outpost could change things
While accord recommendations that suit some universities might not suit others, overall benefit should be the litmus test, says new IRU chair
While surveys unearth positive views among New Zealand locals and international students, accommodation is a major concern in both camps
Researchers are leaving the profession in alarming numbers, but study suggests gender has surprisingly little to do with it
Universities Australia’s budget pitch a departure from argument that fees ‘do not deter students from undertaking higher education’
Cash-strapped institutions face task of rebuilding per-student returns as well as student numbers, with earnings slashed by scholarships, offshoring and other factors
Unlike the institutions they work for, Australian researchers have less paperwork – but investment remains in the doldrums
Evolving norms, expectations and laws usher both risk and opportunity for universities, according to blind law scholar
Dismissal over workload dispute ‘merely the latest ploy’ in Australian university’s long-running campaign to oust ‘conservative academic’
It might sound ‘wishy-washy’ but joyfulness can succeed where KPIs fail in supporting the institutional mission, new book argues
Kiwis dodge debt overseas, as student loan costs spiral for individuals and government alike
As countries that are home to around half of the world’s population go to the polls, Times Higher Education journalists consider what role higher education will play in the campaigns, and how it might be reshaped by the results
‘I would not accept his evidence as sufficient to establish any scientific proposition at all,’ says ruling
Good for the goose but not the gander, after college’s university-standard performance failed to earn it sub-university branding
British-born leader leaves with immediate effect after less than four years at the helm
As Canberra considers reforms to make university enrolments more inclusive and abundant, key indicators are moving in opposite direction
Resurgence of virus among vulnerable overseas students prompts calls for better awareness campaigns and pharmaceutical subsidies
Partial elimination of tuition fees could prove self-defeating by undermining the private universities that educate more than half of the country’s students
Paperwork pain eases, revenue pain rises as universities confront new year
