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
Doctoral candidates at their wits¡¯ end as visa processing stalls again
Australian survey points to high degree of financial self-reliance among incoming students, along with amorphous fears about the future
Self-regulation is ¡®failing¡¯, Australian critics claim, citing sexual assault statistics mirroring those in wider society
While Australian government earns gratitude for quick implementation of ¡®priority¡¯ reforms, expert warns of ¡®bureaucracy¡¯ burden
Revenue from Singapore venture crucial to ongoing sustainability, says Massey vice-chancellor
As a small fish in a very big pond, New Zealand can ill afford to turn its back on its giant neighbours, academics warn
Report into ¡®grotesque¡¯ abuses of Australian international education emerges when visa processing system is already straining at the seams
Disparaged policies could take root as Australia¡¯s once-in-a-generation higher education review dawdles, critics warn
Landmark report has generated applause but could deny vice-chancellors a free hand
Light-touch treatment of one of universities¡¯ fundamental roles leaves too many questions hanging, observers worry
Once-in-a-generation review aims to massify a massified system, just as students question the cost-benefit equation
While Treasury¡¯s effort to look beyond economics boasts just a handful of education metrics, O¡¯Kane panel has been asked to change that
Needs-based student funding and second national university also among accord panel¡¯s ¡®spiky ideas¡¯, aimed at improving equitable access
While Australia has long been a favoured education destination for the mountain kingdom, it now hosts a ¡®major proportion¡¯ of the population
Anglocentric norms are a blind spot in the effort to diversify the research workforce, global survey suggests
Canberra agrees to funding guarantee, governance reform, ditching of ¡®fail rule¡¯ and uncapped funding for all indigenous students, as it mulls ¡®wider change¡¯
¡®If you can¡¯t see it, you can¡¯t be it,¡¯ minister says, ahead of review report promising other ¡®immediate¡¯ recommendations
While Covid-19 interrupted the inexorable rise in university leaders¡¯ pay packets, many still pocket seven-figure packages
National interest not served by ¡®overstating the threats¡¯ or cultivating a ¡®climate of uncertainty¡¯, report says
Assessment rationales have not kept pace with AI translation and writing support tools, conference hears
While South Australian vice-chancellors see few downsides from an amalgamation, their western counterparts take a different view
Surveys suggest concern about student borrowing transcends age and political divides
In a busy decade following two decades of inaction, the ranks of institutions bearing the ¡®university¡¯ title has expanded at almost one a year
¡®Vanity project¡¯ to meet domestic health workforce needs would be ¡®more socially accountable¡¯, proponent says
