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
UNSW Sydney leader Ian Jacobs says Australia’s proposed free speech code could prove counterproductive
But Australian assessor says most growth will be outside universities, and opens door to new category of institution
Every below-average neighbourhood should be defined as socioeconomically disadvantaged, conference hears
Betting the farm on international students is a gamble – but what’s the alternative? asks THE’s Asia-Pacific editor John Ross
Government also commits to regional education strategy and changes to free speech questionnaire
Productivity needs will drive taxpayer support of universities in the ‘medium term’, minister tells conference
UNSW takes action to insure itself against drop in Chinese student recruitment
Strikes planned, welcomes canned, visits discouraged and events cancelled as campuses brace for strife
Australian team harnesses data to inject equity into conference programmes
Institutions assume they will be bailed out if enrolments fall because they are ‘too big to fail’, says report
‘Macquarie model’ credited with cutting attrition and accelerating completion, and is now being emulated elsewhere
Top Australian university to boost collaboration with India and Indonesia as China concerns wrack sector
International students feel “at home” while locals feel left out on outsized Australian campus, says Michael Spence
Legal structure could offer opportunities for horse trading on proposed scheme
Campus no place to meet industry partners because ‘you can’t find the building’
Sydney’s Michael Spence says increasing competition, growing costs and changing expectations mean institutions need to change tack
Diverse measures guard against unintended consequences but suggest few universities can achieve top marks
Gender determines whether university study is in directionless students’ interests
Deloitte report suggests teaching costs have accelerated as funding stalls
Vocational training funding freefall to continue as governments bicker
Agreement with controversial Ramsay Centre follows divisive internal debate
‘Distinctive Australian’ scheme will ‘buffer out unintended consequences’, architect says
Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise
Retention, graduate employment, student feedback and widening participation to guide distribution
