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
Everyday researchers must be promoted equitably and star researchers must be hired equitably, New Zealand study finds
Visa delays costing us top overseas staff and PhD students, Australian universities warn
Much vaunted summit also resolves that graduates should be allowed to work for longer after finishing their degrees
Enrolment growth will be in different types of institutions, regulator predicts, but universities say the regulatory settings enforce ¡®homogeneity¡¯
Jobs and Skills Summit sees vocational colleges awarded funding to deliver ¡®the high value and often more complex qualifications¡¯
Labor minister¡¯s insistence that postcode should not determine opportunity sparks new initiatives
Grant delays worse than ever, researchers say, as ARC strives to meet demands of ousted government
While the sector laments its low profile in this week¡¯s Canberra congress, policy expert expects it to generate ¡®dysfunction¡¯
National interest test for research grants to be simplified amid sweeping review of ARC
Former disability commissioner says universities have lifted their game, but employers not so much
But representative body says conclusions from analysis of university financial accounts are based on flawed assumptions
Perennially underdone educational relationship ready to go to the next level, advocates say
Researchers say using improvisational comedy can improve their ability to communicate findings
Australian High Commission in India web page on education had link to US company offering to write dissertations, application letters and more
Universities should keep basic health protections such as mask mandates in place, argues Australian epidemiologist
Demands to accommodate price spikes and satisfy business needs are putting students¡¯ progress at risk, summit hears
¡®Ground-up¡¯ system for estimating academic workloads suggests universities routinely set them too high
Australian pioneers of institutional-scale block teaching say expansion forced refinements of the model
¡®Absolute support¡¯ for Australian government¡¯s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students
But preoccupation with the mundane sidelines universities from the main game, according to vice-chancellors
With Covid exam disruption mostly gone but early entry schemes still in the ascendancy, admission stresses have been brought forward
Bursaries and scholarships among other measures to solve teaching workforce ¡®crisis¡¯
As Science retracts a paper by a second James Cook alumnus, critics ask where they learned their craft
While many early career academics are preoccupied with job security, the factor that most correlates with job satisfaction is a helpful boss
