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
Educators must take responsibility for their own contribution to the crisis, forum hears
Canberra¡¯s international education crackdown is sapping sector of funds to diversify, forum hears
Thousands more students on the autism spectrum are entering universities thanks to improved diagnosis and support from schools. John Ross examines how institutions are adapting to this challenge and what more can be done
Veteran leader Stephen Parker recalled as institution battles deficit blowout and questions over governance
Code-of-silence mentality encourages blunt measures that hamper benign activities while overlooking legitimate threats, says expert
Forcing Australian institutions to manage scheme raises workload, privacy and taxation issues, Senate committee hears
Top universities have feasted on international students this year while other institutions withered
Critics question upfront expense, cost effectiveness, timeline and viability of Waikato proposal
Administrators¡¯ tolerance for ¡®unacceptable¡¯ behaviour tempered by ¡®politicised¡¯ winds, witnesses suggest
State must step in, according to submissions to major university review
Passions run deep, as views on proposed commission of inquiry split mostly along political lines
Caps proposal sparks public spat among political stablemates, as analysis of social media chatter suggests student sentiment is plunging
Staff get a say on how, but not whether, to ditch lectures at merged university
Offshore outposts could help cultivate talent for an economic giant in demographic decline
Paper gains masked last year¡¯s losses but harder times lie ahead, watchdog warns
College closures and job losses ¡®inevitable¡¯ as enrolment caps loom and visa waits lengthen
Senate committee inquiry extended as members scrutinise impacts on vocational colleges
Both sides of Australian politics need to stop treating universities as ¡®a political pawn¡¯
Graduates now keenly aware of loan scheme rules and how to avoid debt blowouts, figures suggest
Author says country should acknowledge forces to suppress academic expression, irrespective of their ideological roots
Process for limiting international student recruitment ¡®like a game of musical chairs¡¯, Senate committee hears
Mandating longer study abroad stints will sideline the students who benefit most and cannot manage independent travel, practitioners warn
Serving minister and former prime ministerial aspirant to lead capital city university
Regional institutions hope to benefit as they are handed quotas higher than current numbers at expense of rich Group of Eight universities. But will effect of the policy merely put students off Australia altogether?
