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
If popular books trump scholarly monographs, what’s the point of academic publishers? asks John Ross
Counting China’s first green billionaire among your mentees doesn’t hurt in funding applications, says UNSW professor
Rebalancing of global higher education promises end of era in which institutions all ‘strive to be the same as Harvard’, says professor
Ramsay Centre proposal ‘crosses red lines’, says union
The meta-analysis guru talks about the tyranny of low expectations, swimming upstream and the knowledge that an educated citizen needs
Four institutions to pilot online module next year
But flagging Chinese applications could dampen future growth
Research agencies tight-lipped about global initiative, but are talking behind the scenes
Independent colleges ‘defined by what they’re not, not what they are’, Teqsa report says
While China’s intensification puts regional rivals in the shade, it casts a spotlight on progress in the special administrative region
Accusations of interference as Melbourne University Publishing focuses on scholarly works
Details of law allowing international providers to operate in special economic zones have been released
Archaeological find means tragic explorer will no longer ‘rest unnoticed’
Failure to recruit local PhDs will erode Australia’s skill base, report warns
Australian discussion paper says that rural universities need to help develop their communities in order to guarantee their survival
Ramsay partnership provides ‘a unique opportunity and substantial uplift in funding’, university leadership says
Don’t fixate on funding cuts and market challenges, UK-born star scientist Michelle Simmons tells Australian peers
Increased transparency on provider performance vital as well, representative group tells Australian government
Tragedies exacerbated by lack of research and information sharing, coroner’s study finds
It’s damned if you do and damned if you don’t, as minister seeks course for freedom
Questions around quality assurance, regulation and where certificates from courses such as Moocs belong on the qualifications ladder
Lowering of student loan repayment threshold to recoup an extra A$20 million (?11.3 million) but cost A$19 million
But graduates from more affluent backgrounds fare better, survey finds
Petition opposing Charles Sturt University’s plan attracts more than 5,000 signatures
