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
Athena SWAN recognition extended to 13 more Australian institutions
Episode spotlights concerns for safety of scholars who visit repressive regimes
¡®Systemic barriers¡¯ hinder universities¡¯ efforts to tackle the territory¡¯s major problems, says report
Usha Goswami¡¯s work has allowed educators ¡®to arm themselves with scientific understanding¡¯
Funding scholarships rather than a whole new course ¡®would benefit hundreds more students¡¯
Monash union election called off at last minute following criticism
Departure is latest example of intermittent campus disruption from broader protest movement
Australian report warns against fetish for interdisciplinarity, citing increasing specialisation of subfields
University of Canberra, QUT and UNSW Sydney the standout performers in a rising field
With US-style personal contributions and Scandinavian-style payoffs, Australians have the worst of both worlds, suggests Education at a Glance
French-born scientist¡¯s discoveries explained the organising principle of the adaptive immune system
Average remuneration hits A$982,900 (?543,800), Times Higher Education analysis shows
Widening chasm between sciences and humanities scholarship not found in other countries
Chinese students¡¯ misunderstanding of their host society thwarts their efforts to integrate in Australia, says academic
Former PM¡¯s institute and Nobel laureate¡¯s university team up to explore gender bias in leadership
Universities often claim to be competing in a global market, but their recruitment of leaders typically results in domestic appointments. With some of the world¡¯s top institutions led by people from abroad, John Ross asks whether more should be following suit
Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts
Victoria University will also implement model for vocational qualifications, after success at undergraduate level
Australian reviewer suggests quality and scale of scholarly output should be key factor in deciding classification
New strategy advocates a hybrid version of demand-driven funding, but acknowledges it is a long-term proposition
Avondale¡¯s elevation secured on the day reviewer says category should be scrapped
UNSW Sydney leader Ian Jacobs says Australia¡¯s proposed free speech code could prove counterproductive
But Australian assessor says most growth will be outside universities, and opens door to new category of institution
Every below-average neighbourhood should be defined as socioeconomically disadvantaged, conference hears
