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
While Treasury’s effort to look beyond economics boasts just a handful of education metrics, O’Kane panel has been asked to change that
Needs-based student funding and second national university also among accord panel’s ‘spiky ideas’, aimed at improving equitable access
While Australia has long been a favoured education destination for the mountain kingdom, it now hosts a ‘major proportion’ of the population
Anglocentric norms are a blind spot in the effort to diversify the research workforce, global survey suggests
Canberra agrees to funding guarantee, governance reform, ditching of ‘fail rule’ and uncapped funding for all indigenous students, as it mulls ‘wider change’
‘If you can’t see it, you can’t be it,’ minister says, ahead of review report promising other ‘immediate’ recommendations
While Covid-19 interrupted the inexorable rise in university leaders’ pay packets, many still pocket seven-figure packages
National interest not served by ‘overstating the threats’ or cultivating a ‘climate of uncertainty’, report says
Assessment rationales have not kept pace with AI translation and writing support tools, conference hears
While South Australian vice-chancellors see few downsides from an amalgamation, their western counterparts take a different view
Surveys suggest concern about student borrowing transcends age and political divides
In a busy decade following two decades of inaction, the ranks of institutions bearing the ‘university’ title has expanded at almost one a year
‘Vanity project’ to meet domestic health workforce needs would be ‘more socially accountable’, proponent says
Education faculties say they are already delivering the ‘core content’ now mandated in their degrees
Covid-era terror of a decimation in international income has proved unfounded, but investment yields continue to fluctuate wildly. Ahead of the publication of Australia’s landmark new Universities Accord, John Ross investigates what the financial data really says about the state of the sector
‘Psychosocial harm’ clauses in workplace safety laws elevate administrators’ mental health obligations, expert warns
‘Morally supportive’ but implicitly dismissive, universities exacerbate students’ struggles with their ‘child-free’ ethos
Analysts are enthusiastic about microcredentials but unsure about their suitability in universities
Western Sydney University joins Victorian and Queensland institutions in seeking presence in the world’s third biggest democracy
Students’ sometimes unexpected use of AI, from generating emails to translating their original work, is encouraging a ‘rethink’ by academics
While the two governing councils have agreed to a combined university, many still need convincing – not least, opposition and crossbench parliamentarians
University leaders pin hopes on forthcoming review, as funding erosion and regulatory inflexibility threaten core capability
But almost half of surveyed students still want to work more than the newly raised cap
Union president at transgender row university backs action against ‘bigots’, but draws the line at property destruction
