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
University chiefs laud success of rapid online pivot but say campus-based programmes will not disappear any time soon
Choice will guide job cuts, institutions pledge, as sector confronts A$16bn black hole
Ousted student rep, a controversial figure, elicits headlines and backflips
More women than men named John are chancellors – but only just
Thinktank says students’ immigration opportunities should also be boosted to protect foreign enrolments
New report weighs in on debate over whether universities put too much emphasis on international students
New Zealand’s universities will have to navigate ‘fear’ in the community as they consider how to bring foreign students back
Some universities lack the reserves to shoulder this year’s losses, let alone a half-decade slump
Questions raised about the responses of universities in marketised systems as they focus savings efforts on non-permanent staff
New figures ‘understate’ entry bans’ chilling impact on international revenue
Redundancies ‘a last resort’ as uniquely financed Australian university confronts A$225m black hole
National vote called off, with vice-chancellors saying pact is too short-term while union blames ‘fear of scrutiny’
While training reform takes centre stage in post-pandemic ‘JobMaker’, government puts no extra money on the table
Job security guarantees would tie management’s hands while offering only short-term cost relief, v-cs say
Support and opposition on both sides could make job-saving pact a close-run thing
Women’s careers suffer as they pick up the pieces at work and home
Activists campaign for less reliance on international education income, as government flags a ‘supervised’ reopening of borders
While institutional accounts indicate that the average university boss could have pocketed seven-digit earnings last year, 2020 will be a different story
‘Classic risk management tools’ helped protect the University of Tasmania, says its former management consultant boss
Victoria’s A$350m lifeline adds to the pressure on Canberra to do more to help embattled sector
Desire for visibility and political pragmatism help propel archipelago’s institutions up league table
While NSW support package is dwarfed by Victoria’s offering, reopening economy suggests better times ahead for struggling students
Australian universities decline union-sponsored agreement, citing individual circumstances and governance concerns
Many bosses lead from the front, ceding 20-plus per cent of their pay to help plug pandemic shortfalls
