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
Australian budget wish list also includes more research funding and extended transition funding for the new fee and subsidy regime
At least 10 Australian universities in the red, after three Victorian institutions notch A$50 million deficits
Credit analysts warn of mass job losses, struggling peripheral businesses and homogenisation of the student mix
Train up translation specialists and fix anomalies that discourage collaboration, Australian representative group says
Independent lobby welcomes new short course funding and regulatory ¡®reprieve¡¯ but rails against perpetuation of ¡®unfair¡¯ loan fee
Proposed acquisition of Ouriginal would give academic integrity giant vast majority of market
Ratings agency credits lay-offs, casualisation and course cuts for Australian universities¡¯ ¡®relatively robust¡¯ position
Covid safety almost a liability as Australia and New Zealand relegated as ¡®spectators¡¯ rather than participants in international education recovery
Lawmakers ¡®desperately seeking innovation nirvana¡¯ fail to buttress it with steadfast policies or durable statistics
Losses far worse than they appear on paper, v-c warns, as institution reels from plunging investment and international income
Region retains pre-eminence in league table based on alignment with UN¡¯s Sustainable Development Goals
Unfavourable policies stem from ¡®frustrations¡¯ over stymied reforms, former education minister says
Sectors should bury the hatchet and bolster each other¡¯s intelligence capabilities, Australian paper suggests
Opposition pledges unity ticket with government on ¡®single most important piece of microeconomic reform that faces the nation today¡¯
Australian astrophysicist adapts galaxy modelling techniques to track path of current employment practices
Centres of invention such as Silicon Valley ¡®a model for burgeoning inequality¡¯, summit hears
Australian minister offers no new details on proposed commercialisation scheme or timing of international students¡¯ return
Stranded students ¡®won¡¯t put their lives on hold¡¯, diplomats warn universities
Senior scholars increasingly victims of gossip, muttering and insubordination, researchers say
While concern has centred on vulnerable flows from China, an Indian exodus could prove more devastating
Security committee chairman does not want to cultivate a culture of ¡®learned helplessness¡¯ where universities defer judgement to the government
Paucity of agents, degree-averse students and lack of focus in Canberra hamper universities from cultivating alternative markets, webinar hears
Australian university shrugs off Covid¡¯s financial wrecking ball and even manages to bolster its insurance against future ¡®shocks¡¯
Putting aside questions of sexism, racism and homophobia, Australian literature review finds that SETs are just poor science
