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
¡®Conflating knowledge systems with underlying disciplinary teaching¡¯ is part of a ¡®slippery slope¡¯ for the academy
New STEM proposal meets state¡¯s needs and government¡¯s demands, vice-chancellor says, but opponents say all relocation plans should be scrapped
Academic freedom statute ¡®widely misunderstood¡¯, says New Zealand barrister
But simplicity is hard to produce in a complex world, Australian forum hears
University staff like their workplaces more than people in other sectors but spend less time being there, surveys find
Latest redundancy round militates against the government¡¯s growth aspirations, observers warn
Horse set to follow the cart, as critics warn of perverse consequences
¡®Alarming precedent¡¯, says union; ¡®interim solution¡¯ pending ¡®appropriate governance¡¯, says university
Changes will ensure compliance with new legislation, according to administrators, but unions say it is about cutting costs
Some A$15 billion of student debt relief will do almost ¡®nothing¡¯ to help cash-strapped Australian institutions
Australian academics required to ¡®act up¡¯ for years before being paid for it, analysis finds
Universities¡¯ challenge now is keeping pace with applications, analyst says
Programmes were ¡®foundational¡¯ to Northern Rivers-based Southern Cross but are no longer viable, vice-chancellor says
As pre-Wikipedia resource enters its 25th year, pioneers eye new applications as well as new languages
University leaders under ¡®extraordinary pressure¡¯ amid funding crisis, says departing University of Southern Queensland chief
¡°Workforce change¡± processes under way at seven institutions likely to claim well over 1,200 jobs, with more campuses expected to follow suit
Some resisters mistrust tertiary education but others just do not see the need
Demand for Australian education may have sunk so far that visa processing rearrangements will make little difference
¡®Layers and layers of interventions¡¯ will not be a temporary phenomenon, analyst warns
International education is ¡®not a one-way street¡¯, Canberra insists, as it limits inbound travel
International student crackdown partly a response to world of ¡®fragmentation, competition and protectionism¡¯
Anglosphere countries risk squandering their market advantage, researchers warn
Scion of academic and ministerial family could champion ¡®a push towards academic excellence¡¯, but policy intent is ¡®hard to read¡¯
¡®Revenue hit¡¯ will undermine universities¡¯ ability to recruit foreign faculty while driving more locals overseas
