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
Staff ‘shell-shocked’ as declining enrolments, mounting costs and investment reversal trigger call for voluntary redundancies
While college press has a special place in the nation’s psyche, a legal ‘loophole’ leaves it exposed
Critics say a temporary boost, in the form of money that had been earmarked for universities anyway, will not compensate for starvation rations
Observers welcome ‘funding correction’, bankrolled from ‘transfer of underspends’ amid flagging enrolments, but say permanent solutions are needed
Regional Australian university to resurrect city campus, as graduate work rights and online study limits douse interest from international learners
Chinese firms’ confidence in student flows is being expressed in business licence applications, analysis finds
Overhaul of rule that removes student access to government subsidies if they do not complete at least half of their subjects under ‘active consideration’
Flat or declining enrolments across Australia spell trouble for university finances and the broader economy, observers warn
Journals’ predilection for data availability statements makes little difference to readers’ chances of getting their hands on the data
Eliminating fees would pay for itself through tax while boosting equity of access, Duncan Maskell insists
Pollster acknowledges limitations of survey but says findings show need for government, regulator and institutions to take the issue seriously
‘Staff have been doing more with less, while money is thrown at a political consultant,’ union fumes
Unions and management should strike ‘grand bargain’ to resolve issue that ‘casts a shadow’ over the sector, says outgoing leader
Revenue and visa applications reach record levels, but have not yet translated into record student numbers
Australian government advised to ban agents from taking commission for recruiting foreign students already in country and to ‘link’ visas to institutions
As more universities lay out plans to reduce emissions, the calculations can be almost as tough as the targets
‘Lottery’ for mandated replication studies would encourage ‘greater care’ over ‘datasets’, Australian researchers argue
University ‘reviewing’ fair work umpire’s decision to reject clarification that ‘contemporaneous consultation’ means ‘within a week’
Head of Melbourne University leads plaudits as rival chief accepts elevation
Don’t put scientists in a ‘boxing ring’, Australia urged, as bereaved mother walks free from 20-year incarceration
Notwithstanding their financial reliance on foreigners, universities down under must consider the ‘value proposition’ for the students
Western donors can best help South Pacific students by helping them stay put, Brisbane forum hears
Mandatory unpaid work experience that forms part of nursing and teaching degrees in Australia plunges students into ‘placement poverty’, Queensland forum hears
‘Utopian’ approach needed that allows universities to judge for themselves what changes would have most impact, THE event hears
