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
City campuses have not delivered institutions an international education bonanza, but Federation hopes its new site will support a new model of cooperative education
Many asylum applicants began their journeys as students before Australia¡¯s visas were overhauled almost a decade ago, new figures suggest
Domestic postgraduate provision looms as an alternative to out-of-favour international education, but it¡¯s a tough market with questionable returns
Never much of a vote-winner, higher education now risks the burden of being branded a vote-loser for parties seen as too soft on the sector
University latest passion project for ex-politician who specialises in ¡®institutions that are worth keeping¡¯
¡®Endless stress¡¯ confronts Iranian doctoral candidates who worked for a year just to cover the application fee
Repeat of UK debate looms, as parliamentary committee urges Australian universities to ¡®align¡¯ with IHRA definition, and opposition members say it should be mandatory
Failure to improve translation of ¡®laudable¡¯ research output will see country ¡®slide into mediocrity¡¯, reviewers warn
Private member¡¯s bill the latest slap in the face to a sector struggling for social licence as election looms
New national body takes shape, as troubled centenarian predecessor faces curtain
Fortnightly leave pass to ¡®provide leadership¡¯ to consultants helped Wollongong¡¯s interim boss ¡®stay in touch with colleagues¡¯
Two dozen academics join ¡®mainstream¡¯ call for a health check on youth gender treatment
Political pressures and legislative haziness leave institutions ¡®on a hiding to nothing¡¯
Expenses spike despite dwindling student numbers, with signs the gap could widen
Data centre mogul Robin Khuda seeks ¡®cohort effect¡¯ with largest-ever gift to Australia¡¯s oldest university
Social sciences ¡®the proverbial canary in the coalmine¡¯ for restrictions in other areas of research, dean warns
Earnings gap between university bosses and ordinary workers has quintupled since Australia stopped regulating vice-chancellors¡¯ salaries, analysis finds
Australian universities and colleges face a ¡®difficult¡¯ election but few further rule changes, analyst predicts
Government ¡®cherry-picked¡¯ ideas with commercial application, despite reviewer warnings against ¡®naive¡¯ expectations of windfall profits, scientists say
Measurements, data, facts and ocean health top to-do list of newly anointed science diplomat
New figures suggest political headache for government ¨C and educators ¨C will not disappear any time soon
Proposed governance probe seen as setback for a sector struggling with social licence
Long-awaited governance council, delayed by 18 months, stands in for 50-year-old regulator
Seven institutes folded into four in major reshaping of research landscape
