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
While Britain has gained ground as top-choice destination, it is being pipped by a resurgent Australia
Only a small fraction of casual academics are lecturers, Australian employer association says, but union challenges data
While universities bankroll more research from their own pockets they exercise less discretion about the things they study
Australian university to ‘review’ court’s dismissal of its appeal, as union urges it to abandon ‘stalling tactics’
With tuition fees no longer an issue of contention, higher education reverts to bit-part role in forthcoming election
While universities have their work cut out for them, skills forecasting agency says more graduates is not always the answer
Observers welcome efforts to tackle visa fraud but say new compliance efforts must be ‘robust’
With deadlines rushed and then missed, even the straightforward work of Australia’s major higher education review is looking anything but
Accord panel should take note that fee changes ‘don’t change behaviour’, researcher urges
Universities must focus on the student experience, but they also must clarify what students want that experience to be
While Covid has perforated the rankings bubble of the front runners, better commercial engagement and refined research measures have boosted much of the middle tier
Students want to be on campus but they still need a reason to go there, summit hears
While the process to replace Excellence in Research for Australia is a ‘black box’ exercise, new evaluation mechanisms hold promise
Research ecosystems need some ‘apoptosis’ as some cells emerge and others fade away, summit hears
‘The real world doesn’t come neatly compartmentalised,’ summit hears, in exploration of the ‘unique’ strengths of multidisciplinary research
Admission and retention of under-represented students must not rest on the goodwill of a few ‘teachers and role models’, Sydney summit hears
While councils might expect a response ‘after first tweet’, universities ‘lose credibility’ when they vacillate, THE World Academic Summit hears
Canterbury’s vice-chancellor contrasts her adopted island homeland with her native South Africa and reflects on the opportunities spawned by even the worst horrors
Representative body backs collaboration between tertiary education sectors but questions TAFEs’ ‘instrumental’ role in degree-level apprenticeships
We support the idea but it needs funding, New Zealand universities say
Small windfalls and ‘passionate advocacy’ spare several dozen more redundancies at Victoria
Swinburne abruptly terminates 30 per cent fee reductions for foreigners who fall foul of ‘gotcha’ clauses
As a parliamentary committee inquires into a proposed merger of two universities, institutional accounts suggest they coasted through the last big scare
Strong staffing increase in research-intensive institutions points to an uneven post-Covid recovery
