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
No projects are funded because nobody has the expertise to appraise them, letter claims
¡®Shockingly bad legislation¡¯ gives ministers power to favour certain disciplines
Vice-chancellors tread lightly as students occupy building and defy instructions to vacate camps
We should improve the system while we¡¯re examining it, critics argue
Government embraces domestic growth, needs-based funding and a commission to drive it all, but firm commitments remain limited
Latest proposal, unveiled on eve of federal budget, highlights revenue constraints facing universities and colleges
Acknowledging Aboriginal intellectual traditions could ¡®bring students back¡¯ while improving weather forecasts, says co-creator of new course
Proposed legislation ¡®unnecessary¡¯ because existing arrangements already include caps, says strategist
Temperatures soar despite the winter chills, as each side accuses its opponents of extremism
Universities¡¯ financial get-out-of-jail card no longer works, as governments in Canberra and elsewhere turn their backs on foreign students
Long-serving leader sentenced after quashing investigation of former USP administrators
New requirement ¡®just the latest lever to reduce net migration¡¯
Quadriplegic researcher and emergency doctor explains why logistical impediments are not the primary problem
Authorities shrug off calls for camps to be dismantled, amid reports of antisemitism but little evidence of violence
While the government plans measures to relieve placement poverty and student debt, observers also expect higher visa fees and financial capacity bar
Wealth gap widens Down Under, with mercurial revenue increases monopolised by the few
Former Berkeley chancellor says sanctions on protest ringleaders must be seen to be just, although decisions may now be outside universities¡¯ control
While indexation change was widely anticipated, backdating of the measure was not
Universities Accord will not lead to rethink of universities¡¯ research requirements, departing Teqsa boss predicts
Filipino students look elsewhere as Australia downgrades risk rating
Student leaders protesting their university¡¯s failure to accredit their degrees find themselves in Papua New Guinea jail, after ¡®opportunist¡¯ torches vehicles
Debate over how to handle polarised issues considered too polarising by students
US, with the looming possibility of a second Trump presidency, deemed a more reliable education prospect than its anglophone rivals
New ¡®process¡¯ among proposals to improve quality and transparency of university governance
