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John Ross, editor (APAC), ߣߣ��Ƶ

John Ross

john.ross@timeshighereducation.com

John Ross joined ߣߣ��Ƶ as APAC editor in February 2018. He was previously higher education and science correspondent with The ߣߣ��Ƶn 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.

Articles by John Ross

Man is walking with a newspaper in Piccadilly Circus, London

Miscommunication ‘part of universities’ perception problems’

Universities can win a rational argument but lose an emotional war, conference hears

24 February

Bill Shorten

Defending vice-chancellor pay a ‘lost cause’, says Shorten

‘Real issue’ is whether people think universities give value, says new university leader who accepted lower salary

24 February

Degrees ‘not worth financial drawback’ of unpaid placements

Students take years to recoup the tens of thousands of dollars they would have been paid if training was salaried, New Zealand study finds

21 February

Duncan Bentley Federation University

Regional university’s Melbourne campus pushes work-based learning

City campuses have not delivered institutions an international education bonanza, but Federation hopes its new site will support a new model of cooperative education

20 February

Set of passports with visa and immigration stamps for travel to asia

Asylum bids flow in as serial students run out of options

Many asylum applicants began their journeys as students before ߣߣ��Ƶ’s visas were overhauled almost a decade ago, new figures suggest

19 February

Master’s pivot ‘problematic’ for cash-strapped universities

Domestic postgraduate provision looms as an alternative to out-of-favour international education, but it’s a tough market with questionable returns

18 February

Patrick Chinyemba (R) of Zambia exchanges punches with Alex Winwood of ߣߣ��Ƶ, boxing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. To illustrate that ߣߣ��Ƶn universities face a bruising election.

ߣߣ��Ƶn universities face election with nobody in their corner

Never much of a vote-winner, higher education now risks the burden of being branded a vote-loser for parties seen as too soft on the sector

17 February

Former political heavyweight promises ‘renewal’ at Canberra

University latest passion project for ex-politician who specialises in ‘institutions that are worth keeping’

14 February

PhD visa applicants trapped in ‘indefinite waiting period’

‘Endless stress’ confronts Iranian doctoral candidates who worked for a year just to cover the application fee

14 February

Parliament House, Canberra

Adopt contested definition of antisemitism, vice-chancellors told

Repeat of UK debate looms, as parliamentary committee urges ߣߣ��Ƶn universities to ‘align’ with IHRA definition, and opposition members say it should be mandatory

13 February

Reliance on overseas student revenues ‘skews ߣߣ��Ƶn research’

Failure to improve translation of ‘laudable’ research output will see country ‘slide into mediocrity’, reviewers warn

12 February

Perth, Western ߣߣ��Ƶ, ߣߣ��Ƶ - November 28, 2014 Gold Painted Man is sitting in front of London Court, a tourist spot of Perth City Center, ߣߣ��Ƶ

Limit vice-chancellor salaries to A$430,000, senator says

Private member’s bill the latest slap in the face to a sector struggling for social licence as election looms

11 February

Doubtless Bay, New Zealand - February 15, 2014 Motor boat with sailing instructor drags a line of small sailing boats on Feb 15, 2014. New Zealand is one of the top sailing nation in the world.

‘Rebirth’ for New Zealand student unionism

New national body takes shape, as troubled centenarian predecessor faces curtain

10 February

John Dewar

Stand-in v-c denies moonlighting with restructure consultancy

Fortnightly leave pass to ‘provide leadership’ to consultants helped Wollongong’s interim boss ‘stay in touch with colleagues’

8 February

Transgender rights activists clash with members of Victoria Police as they avoid clashes with the participants of an anti-transgender rights rally happening on the steps of the Victorian Parliament on August 17, 2024, in Melbourne, ߣߣ��Ƶ.

Universities ‘capitulated’ on transgender medicine, scholars say

Two dozen academics join ‘mainstream’ call for a health check on youth gender treatment

7 February

George Williams, Western Sydney University

Universities ‘can’t win’ on free speech in ‘politicised’ times

Political pressures and legislative haziness leave institutions ‘on a hiding to nothing’

6 February

People climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge behind the Sydney Opera House, illustrating the soaring costs of educating ߣߣ��Ƶn university students

ߣߣ��Ƶn universities’ per-student teaching costs soar by fifth

Expenses spike despite dwindling student numbers, with signs the gap could widen

5 February

Sydney secures A$100 million donation to support women in STEM

Data centre mogul Robin Khuda seeks ‘cohort effect’ with largest-ever gift to ߣߣ��Ƶ’s oldest university

4 February

New Zealand, North Island, Te Puke, big Kiwi fruit

‘Existential threat’ to New Zealand humanities as grants shut off

Social sciences ‘the proverbial canary in the coalmine’ for restrictions in other areas of research, dean warns

4 February

Luxury Stretch Hummer Limousine primarily black in colour, parked outside a community park in South Sydney, NSW ߣߣ��Ƶ

Highly paid vice-chancellors ‘lead dissatisfied universities’

Earnings gap between university bosses and ordinary workers has quintupled since ߣߣ��Ƶ stopped regulating vice-chancellors’ salaries, analysis finds

31 January

Sign at South ߣߣ��Ƶ’s southernmost point, Port Macdonnell, showing the distances to various cities and the South Pole

ߣߣ��Ƶn international enrolments ‘could be 10 per cent down’

ߣߣ��Ƶn universities and colleges face a ‘difficult’ election but few further rule changes, analyst predicts

29 January

Chicago, IL, August 17, 2017 Downtown Chicago, a street performer magician entertains tourist families. Chicago attracts millions of visitors each year.

‘Magical’ thinking drives New Zealand science reforms

Government ‘cherry-picked’ ideas with commercial application, despite reviewer warnings against ‘naive’ expectations of windfall profits, scientists say

29 January

ߣߣ��Ƶn Chief scientist Tony Haymet

Emissions control ‘key to prosperity’, says new chief scientist

Measurements, data, facts and ocean health top to-do list of newly anointed science diplomat

28 January

International Students are seen lined up outside the Melbourne Town Hall, ߣߣ��Ƶ

Student visa numbers hit record despite ߣߣ��Ƶn clampdown

New figures suggest political headache for government – and educators – will not disappear any time soon

28 January

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