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
Underfunding, compliance costs and buffer targets have left universities with ¡®no room to manoeuvre¡¯, says representative group
Extent of staffing overhauls bore little relationship to Covid¡¯s financial carnage, says report
Less than 5 per cent of medical students on indentureship deal have fulfilled obligations to work outside cities
Special intake should be at least doubled, vice-chancellor says
Rival centre¡¯s establishment highlights the problems for thinktanks in universities
As staff reel from an austerity drive, Victoria produces its first A$3 billion institution
Findings raise red flag for Australia¡¯s economically crucial international enrolments
Generation-high inflation raises particular issues for humanities students and universities confronting a demographic bulge
Universities have the connections and resources for sophisticated risk management, not just ¡®bureaucratic box-ticking¡¯, says British-Australian academic
Melbourne institute¡¯s mission to heal relations with India clashes with academics¡¯ desire to spotlight subcontinent abuses
Union wants income-contingent loans scheme gone, while universities want it extended
Using international education proceeds for students¡¯ benefit could galvanise overseas enrolments and defuse community ¡®resentment¡¯, study finds
Commentators warn that history could repeat itself as uncapped work rights linger for at least a semester
Australian thinktank stakes new ground in the quest for practical engagement
Extraordinary meeting fails to resolve governance concerns raised by scores of fellows
Flows not robust enough to alter ¡®slight negative outlook¡¯ on institutional finances
While staff hostility towards philanthropically backed humanities courses has not abated, entry and satisfaction scores suggest students take a different view
Academics call for rethink of latest Australian security intervention
But insiders say there are votes to be gained in policies to make participation more equitable
More ¡®operating deficits¡¯ tipped as Australia¡¯s national university reboots activity levels in a Covid-normal world
Australian universities face more restrictions on their foreign collaboration, no matter who wins the coming election
Cutting-edge facilities are welcome but they achieve little without people to run them, science advocates point out
But positive results owe much to temporary government and stock market lifelines, according to early institutional accounts
Identification of new species ¡®a beautiful example of the impact indigenous culture and science can have when combined¡¯
