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
¡®Big-picture thinkers¡¯ would set national priorities, sidestep electoral cycles and deal with ¡®boundary issues¡¯ involving indigenous knowledge
University¡¯s internal debate about the pros and cons mirrors live discussions elsewhere
Storms, flash floods and emergency services effort force students back online
While most submissions support legislation to end ministerial veto rights, some urge middle ground approach
Invasion of Ukraine ¡®threatens the peace, freedom and democracy on which freedom of inquiry and academic collaboration is based¡¯
Returning numbers underwhelming so far as isolated state casts off its shackles
Universities brace as hot labour market beckons locals who kept them afloat through Covid
If just one in 20 supported technologies hits paydirt, new fund will pay for itself, says STEM lobby
Scholars expressing ¡®shock and horror¡¯ call for ¡®immediate stop¡¯ to Putin¡¯s ¡®senseless¡¯ invasion
Swinburne says former councillor and union rep was not targeted, but he says redundancy criteria were written for him
Back-to-campus plans postponed as classes make way for crisis centres
A ¡®dashboard¡¯ of metrics for assessing science communication could help generate 100 million hours a year of evidence-charged ¡®dialogue¡¯
Researchers support drive for quality over quantity but warn of unintended consequences
And research job opportunities are booming outside universities, AI-fuelled study finds
No group should have exclusive ¡®authority to speak¡¯, New Zealand forum hears
Back-to-campus plans hit snags on both sides of the Tasman
Universities say they proactively uncover underpayments, but former casual claims they only acknowledge the obvious cases
Vertical campus ¡®well suited¡¯ to small group teaching, as students navigate degrees one block at a time
Canberra¡¯s work rights strategy influences make-up of new arrivals, as Perth changes entry rules again
¡®Vast majority¡¯ of promised research commercialisation fund falls outside spending commitments, estimates committee also hears
Funding council statistics lend weight to anecdotal accounts that academics are self-censoring scholarship on superpower
University casuals less likely to win permanent employment than cleaners or bank workers, Senate inquiry finds
It¡¯s a balancing act, as some crave company and others isolation, but most vice-chancellors want their people back ¡®as often as possible¡¯
Open access champion also proposes an IB for universities, as competition gives way to collaboration
