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
¡®Valuing voices¡¯ checklist hopes to help academics to design research projects with ¡®principles of inclusiveness¡¯ in mind
Everybody loses if first-world universities do not share the benefits with source countries of doctoral students, university leaders say
Hike in fees of up to 6 per cent unlikely to compensate for erosion of research funding and cuts to grant schemes and mobility scholarships
Problems arise when citizenship rather than pedagogy determines delivery mode, critics say
Minister says there will be no changes to visa processing regime that gives effect to government¡¯s thwarted cap proposal
Using jokes where appropriate can build trust, diffuse anxiety and enhance learning, says doctoral supervision award winner
Experience Down Under suggests universities should not be too quick to torpedo idea that overseas income should be redistributed
Student-staff ratios climb to highest level in a decade as universities make cutbacks to avoid plunging into the red
Top universities still in robust financial health in year of visa hikes and last-minute withdrawal of proposed foreign enrolment caps
Despite widespread misgivings about productivity gains, digital transformations are considered a safer bet than campus investment, survey suggests
Universities praise continuity of reappointments in era of reform, as post-election reshuffle ushers in new assistant ministry in international education
Country bucks trend of declining enrolments, suggesting policy headaches Down Under matter little compared with what is going on elsewhere, analysis suggests
Brigid Heywood told a court she reflects ¡®every day¡¯ on ¡®momentary aberration¡¯ that ended 40-year academic career
Report finds overseas departures among high-performing school-leavers have reached highest level in 15 years, with many heading to neighbouring Australia
Newly re-elected government urged to treat students with more compassion, with high visa costs ¡®putting off a generation¡¯
After comprehensive election win, Labor faces pressure to push on with wide-ranging agenda for higher education reform that stalled during last parliament
Australia re-elects governing party after it promises to rein in costs of graduate repayments, with foreign students greeting ¡®least worst outcome¡¯
Neither party has offered realistic estimates of fee increase windfalls or implications of loan scheme proposals, critics say
Proposed 60-hour limit another ¡®cynical ploy¡¯ to use students to balance the books, representative group says
Australia deemed the least-worst option, following sorrier changes elsewhere, but onshore demand dominates
Having won three previous lawsuits, Jokowi in court again over supposed inconsistencies between typed thesis and its printed cover pages
Australian deficits fuelled by unnecessary costs, report argues, but universities say analysis lacks ¡®financial rigour¡¯
Buoyant figures reflect enrolment decisions made before politicians attempted to bring in restrictions, vice-chancellor says
Doubling of international fees, closing visa ¡®loopholes¡¯ and tying student debt to mortgages among the ideas proposed ahead of poll
