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
All options on the table as Australian accord seeks ideas before the ‘hard work’ of implementation begins
Almost 400 bachelor’s and master’s courses attracting enhanced post-study rights named as term-time working hours limit extended
Tough new demands requiring institutions to produce world-class research could put some universities’ titles under threat. But is that a good thing?
Union calls for criminalisation of ‘wage theft’ with jail time for worst offenders
Legal action seen as ‘the only way’ to force universities to stop ‘divesting responsibility’, senate committee hears
Focus on volume risks harming student experience and hoped-for revenues may not materialise, report warns
Spiking inflation and an accommodation squeeze are eroding students’ already meagre means. As a major review of higher education begins, John Ross examines reforms that would allow students to keep the wolf from the door and still have time to devour their reading lists
Government backs parliamentary committee’s calls for action but promises ‘positive partnership’ with the sector
Joblessness and further study on the wane as labour market bounces back
Data show wealthy students benefit disproportionately from NZ$200 million annual borrowing holiday
But some applications remain in too-hard basket, while others suggest universities have let their guard down
Clearer permanent residency pathways may not favour international students in Australia
Big Group of Eight institutions got bigger while others suffered, exacerbating ‘David and Goliath scenario’
Snap adoption of new teaching model, after half a century of gestation, shows that universities can get things done quickly
Warning of ‘stranded funding’ as bureaucrats bend the rules of a programme with too many goals
Country should strive to be more than a student hub, says second-term minister
University leaders should not outlive their ‘shelf life’, suggests Nobel laureate vice-chancellor
Disadvantaged students are disproportionately affected when they relinquish paid work to attend mandatory placements, lobby group argues
Australian regulator advises against shortcuts, such as recruiting moonlighting big hitters, as universities confront new research quality benchmarks
Special circumstances observed in snap reversal of Beijing’s stance on distance learning
Face-to-face classes suspended yet again as downpours dampen return to normality
Beijing’s abolition of Covid-era concession expected to spur international enrolments while generating logistical migraines
Living allowances become key part of the recruitment pitch, as universities battle for research students and students wrestle with inflation
Students, universities, investors and governments grapple for answers as Australian housing costs skyrocket and availability plummets
