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
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
Right-wing trust deficit is pronounced in western Europe and North America but not Australasia, international survey finds
Universities must take a firmer hand with ¡®zero-fail¡¯ students, Australian study finds, amid policies to boost underprivileged participation
Housing impacts limited to precincts with high concentration of students, study finds
¡®Crisis¡¯ snowballed following A$1 million payout to short-serving law dean who was sympathetic to abortion
¡®Tweaks needed¡¯ as eligibility remains restricted to citizens of the richest nations
¡®Gagging clauses¡¯ in politicians¡¯ sights amid findings that ¡®corporate¡¯ governance has trumped the university mission
Mini-budget projection of expansion in higher education participation a world away from accord¡¯s lofty ambition
Proposed legislative changes will require institutions to obtain approval of ¡®free speech statements¡¯, and live up to them
Some educators worry new arrangement could leave them worse off than planned thresholds, but government says it is ¡®well placed¡¯ to alleviate visa delays
New directive prevents officials from issuing more than 270,000 student visas next year, and applies indicative caps on institutions previously proposed through legislation
Reforms will redraw funding system and create tertiary education commission, but questions remain over how much cash will materialise
Universities must rethink their use of agents and discounts and put more effort into securing and retaining enrolments, consultant says
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reflect scale of growth in post-pandemic, pre-crackdown rebound
