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
Australia re-elects governing party after 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
Labor proposes A$400 hike to what are already the highest fees in the world with the opposition Liberal Party planning even steeper increases
Australian scholars with ongoing roles almost as fearful as casuals about being out of work
While main parties battle over debt-wipe proposal in Australian election, critic says scale of fees is the real issue
Study findings misrepresented in experimental Q&A published with paper, amid concerns efforts to save researchers time are fuelling mistakes
Vice-chancellors say they have ‘no choice’ about downsizing, but unions question the need as 2024 accounts reveal recovery trend
National security U-turn ‘cutting Australia off from knowledge creation frontier’ just as US turns its back on collaboration
New restrictions following pro-Palestinian encampments appear to contravene Australian universities’ commitments on free speech, says legal academic
Three-term system ‘suited the time’, but post-pandemic conditions bring new priorities, says university
As people from non-traditional backgrounds become the majority in Australian universities, a legal academic argues that efforts to accommodate them can help the old guard too
Medical training a bright spot for the sector, in an election campaign mostly focused elsewhere
Australian university council members bear far less onerous ethical and reporting obligations than volunteer mums and dads, analysis finds
Bots’ tendency to display ‘unwarranted confidence’ and fixate on ‘pink elephants’ particularly risky in medical research, according to new paper
Thai study adds to growing body of literature supporting pet therapy for students with mental health conditions
Debt forgiveness could reduce graduates’ borrowing capacity, as home ownership becomes defining issue of upcoming election
In recent years, politicians have flip-flopped in their attitudes and policies towards higher education, amid controversy over ‘woke’ agendas and the social effects of immigration. Ahead of next month’s general election, universities find themselves in both main parties’ bad books. John Ross reports
Staff blame recent bout of recruitment as USQ prepares to cut more than one in 10 workers
