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
Out of the fires and into virus land, academics and institutions find myriad ways to help
Dreams will be dashed and the sector could take a decade to recover, expert warns
ANU ditches reliance on admissions scores and invites early bids from the class of the coronavirus
With foreign student numbers down and forlorn hopes for a government bailout, sector’s hopes may lie in expanded domestic enrolments
Tough choices await as institutions revisit ideas that could cut staff numbers and ramp up fees
Bumpy road ahead, as education ministers fail to agree terms on tertiary admissions rank
‘Don’t sideline us from giant subsidy scheme’, universities and medical research institutes beg government
Abrogating responsibility could torpedo industry and trigger a public health crisis, Canberra warned
Vice-chancellors stress support for students stranded in crisis
Australian opaqueness risks quarantining decision making and tarnishing image of scientific advice
Grants yet to flow from new fund as nation endures rolling natural catastrophes
Early figures in Australia suggest the pandemic may be whetting rather than dampening appetite for study
La Trobe leaders take temporary salary cut as losses mount, and urge other executives to follow suit
Derision of expertise has been concentrated in the US – but that’s where it matters most, say former Antipodean chief scientists
Six months of devastating and unprecedented destruction has brought home the reality of climate change to many Australians. But with time for mitigation short and some politicians still in denial, what more can universities do to save the ‘lucky country’ – and the rest of the planet? John Ross reports
UNSW Sydney-led network highlights coronavirus and climate change parallels on need for global coordination
Analysts advocate hands-off assistance package, with universities unlikely to share latest government bailout
Questions abound over entitlement to A$130 billion economic stimulus, as expert warns of ‘imminent’ financial crisis
Research funders, regulator and bureaucrats ease pressure on academics and universities as coronavirus blows out timelines
New controls will ‘only be used when absolutely necessary’, minister assures educators
Australian and NZ rumblings reflect UK qualms about politicians’ selective ears
Death of legendary Australian educator recalls missed opportunity to integrate tertiary education
Scientific advisor network starts collating examples of research influencing, and failing to influence, policy
Spike in student demand driven by economic woes could force government to bring back demand-driven system
