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
Crucial cash flow in jeopardy as regulator scrutinises bush institutions’ urban partners
Sector figures had hoped for Labor victory
Former chief defence scientist of Australia says universities may be forced to bar Chinese nationals from conducting research in sensitive areas
Shift in council membership may be factor in escalating vice-chancellor pay
Recent controversies in Australia over vice-chancellors’ pay, Ramsay Centre funding and the role of academic presses have raised questions about whether university boards have too few – or, perhaps, too many – members from scholarly backgrounds. John Ross chairs the discussion
Advocacy groups demand action from next government
Peter Ridd’s victory in unfair dismissal case raises questions about limits of scientific consensus
Money pledged for universities carved up and back-ended, opposition document suggests
Gravy train being shunted into siding as interest from Chinese mainland wanes
Monash wish list includes new agency, universal learning entitlement and ‘coherent’ funding model
Coalition, Labour and Greens respond to sector survey
Fresh worries over poor English-language ability of some international students
Academics say evaluation conducted to decide distribution of Performance-Based Research Fund is no longer helpful
Aftershocks continue amid new revelations of fabrication
Peter Gluckman, president-elect of the International Science Council, says ‘Dr Google’ poses a bigger threat to evidence-based policymaking than populist politicians
Trend reflects growing gap between PhD completions and academic job availability
Research agency stresses workforce risk in low number of emerging researchers
Marine biologist Oona L?nnstedt has gone to ground in Sweden after being found to have fabricated data
When credible concerns emerge about research validity, universities and journals must move quickly, writes John Ross
Signals suggest Australia’s regional universities could face a tough task in maintaining registration
But revival of the demand-driven system would be a mixed blessing, consultant warns
Campus voyeur let off too lightly, critics complain
The Group of Eight chair on serendipity, widening access and why running marathons is a metaphor for almost everything
Conference windfalls alone justify the membership costs of global scientific community, analysis finds
