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
State governments, policy experts and law council present united front against federal proposal
Go8 report outlines 10-year ¡®roadmap¡¯ to boost investment, arguing ¡®substantial¡¯ change needed
Years of tight funding settlements, exacerbated by high inflation and recent research cuts, have left New Zealand¡¯s higher education and research sectors in a parlous state. Will the comprehensive reviews under way help them dodge the looming cyclone? John Ross reports
While Australia says it wants universities ¡®going to the world¡¯, its policies are making it harder
When too many students fail to graduate, small investments can make a world of difference, says commission
La Trobe moniker celebrates a genocidal past, staff and students say
Big business and states join universities in opposing proposed limits
Proposal an improvement on current ¡®blunt tools¡¯ that undermine policy and facilitate exploitation, says Australian Labor MP and former international education boss
Universities haemorrhage money as students face months-long waits
Slow easing of Covid border restrictions helped international education avoid purges elsewhere, figures suggest
Generative AI is ¡®a bit like teenage snogging ¨C everyone¡¯s doing it although no one really knows how¡¯
¡®Outrageous impost¡¯ to fund domestic education initiatives is ¡®robbing Ranjit to pay for Richard¡¯
Political and fiscal realities are driving changes in the treatment of a ¡®long overlooked¡¯ community
Proposed commission would probe ¡®massive surge¡¯ in antisemitic incidents and ¡®capitulation to extremists¡¯
Students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be treated little differently from their privileged cousins, critics say
Kiwi institutions committed to ¡®academic audit as a concept¡¯ but look to save costs
Union demands parliamentary inquiry as instances continue to emerge
As Australia mulls ¡®hard¡¯ caps on domestic as well as international students, expert warns of unintended consequences
Canberra quietly scrapped plans to join world¡¯s biggest research collaboration scheme in mid-2023
Proposed body must have ¡®mundane¡¯ expertise and avoid being the ¡®long grass of policy¡¯, new group says
Accord panellists¡¯ ¡®preferred options¡¯ also include ¡®equity levy¡¯ on high-fee courses and no change to international education
Crackdown proposed without any forethought about the broader consequences, Press Club hears
Government¡¯s proposal will intensify the problem it is supposed to solve while ¡®wreaking havoc¡¯ on universities¡¯ finances, universities say
Proposed visa caps, soaring rejection rates and ¡®anti-China¡¯ perceptions scaring off country¡¯s most valuable student cohort
