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
Smoke and mirrors conceal lack of extra university places, losses to institutions and savings to government, former bureaucrat says
Fee reforms expose lack of understanding of the conceptual underpinnings of university funding policy
Emergency measures exemplify different treatment of public and private universities, critics say
Universities that boost numbers in lucrative courses are unlikely to attract the attention of Australian regulator’s new watchdog
More generous arrangements eagerly anticipated, as Australia and New Zealand step back from trial flights
Crucial MP keeping an open mind but has ‘lots of concerns’ about Australian fee and subsidy reshuffle
Reflecting on his legal ordeal, Australian academic hopes his experience will help cultivate a culture of speaking out
Sector leaders drafted to help solve loss of cross-subsidies from both international and domestic teaching
Online lectures may enable applicants to broaden their horizons, predicts consultant
While Australia rates highly as study and travel destination, pugnacious publisher cites results as evidence of Chinese people’s disfavour
New arm gives Australian regulator a voice in areas already well covered, representative body says
Short courses to be bankrolled through flexibly applied institutional funding ‘envelopes’
Many young universities have an explicit service mission, while others organically aligned their work with local needs. John Ross explores new institutions’ affinity for civic engagement
Bumper 2021 tipped, as students who deferred this year flock back and undergraduates opt for PhDs
Academics do the numbers on lower fees, increased subsidies and a reduced funding envelope
‘Threatening’ incidents from within Chinese community reveal another side of Beijing’s charges of discrimination
Fee and subsidy reshuffle curbs universities’ capacity to support their research, but proposed funds could help bridge the gap
While Australia’s fee and subsidy reshuffle favours job-growth areas, student and institutional recalcitrance may blunt its impact
Government’s proposals are contradictory and will torpedo its jobs agenda, humanities lobby warns
With student choice relied on to free up money for more university places, critics question the strategy and potential impacts
Discounted courses ‘are what the country needs’, but the numbers don’t stack up for universities
Winners and losers in minister’s proposal, with vocational degrees set to cost less as humanities fees explode
Five key recruiting nations’ crisis measures on international student recruitment compared and analysed
Staff go despite salary trade-offs, as pandemic lays waste to institutional bottom lines
