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
The silencing of a China expert turns into broader debate about academic freedom and foreign ties
Less academically inclined students should not spread their net too widely, Australian research suggests
Belinda Robinson leaves to focus on board roles
Australian universities are matching staffing levels to workload, Department of Education, Skills and Employment tells senators
Fiery Senate estimates session probes funding councils’ 'natural justice' obligations when researchers are impugned
由于工作需求和自我期待，健康和运动的需求往往被忽视
Award reflects trend towards huge international research teams
White House coronavirus adviser focuses on antivirals rather than vaccine at University of Melbourne forum
‘Real action’ will come when the government changes the regulator’s standards, policy expert says
Seven-figure pay packets raise questions over strategic leadership in year when universities’ business model crashed
Appointment continues a flourishing trend of university leaders hopping between UK and Australia
Some universities acknowledge ‘errors’ totalling millions of dollars but deny deliberate ‘wage theft’
Scant feedback raises transparency concerns over Australian regulator’s compliance activities
Universities ‘optimistic’ about pandemic philanthropy, as deeper pockets compensate for decline in donor numbers
Australian survey finds little change in morale, workload or fatigue, but next year’s results could tell a different story
An Australian university history brimming with modern-day parallels shows how collectivism helped forge the sector
Multi-source analysis of global open-access practices throws up surprises, with Europe and the US lagging behind
‘Exact’ replication a pipe dream, combatants say, amid claims and counter claims about reef science
Veteran administrator calls for Excellence in Research for Australia workload and frequency to be slashed
STEM-focused university warns that looming fee and subsidy changes may sharpen pandemic’s bite
New ARC funding arrangements will also redirect more money to applied research
Higher education well down the priority pecking order as resounding Labour win pushes policy into the centre
Sydney PhD graduate reflects on how his surprise disability gave rise to an academic career and better prospects for fellow sufferers
Neoliberal administrators’ policing of institutional reputations and academic colleagues’ condemnation of dissenting voices on issues such as race and gender have led to claims that scholars are losing their ability to engage in free enquiry and open debate. But is academic freedom really the operative concept in the controversies that arise? John Ross probes a highly contested debate
