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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.
Articles by John Ross
Assessment rationales have not kept pace with AI translation and writing support tools, conference hears
Surveys suggest concern about student borrowing transcends age and political divides
While South Australian vice-chancellors see few downsides from an amalgamation, their western counterparts take a different view
In a busy decade following two decades of inaction, the ranks of institutions bearing the ‘university’ title has expanded at almost one a year
‘Vanity project’ to meet domestic health workforce needs would be ‘more socially accountable’, proponent says
Education faculties say they are already delivering the ‘core content’ now mandated in their degrees
Covid-era terror of a decimation in international income has proved unfounded, but investment yields continue to fluctuate wildly. Ahead of the publication of Australia’s landmark new Universities Accord, John Ross investigates what the financial data really says about the state of the sector
‘Psychosocial harm’ clauses in workplace safety laws elevate administrators’ mental health obligations, expert warns
‘Morally supportive’ but implicitly dismissive, universities exacerbate students’ struggles with their ‘child-free’ ethos
Analysts are enthusiastic about microcredentials but unsure about their suitability in universities
Western Sydney University joins Victorian and Queensland institutions in seeking presence in the world’s third biggest democracy
Students’ sometimes unexpected use of AI, from generating emails to translating their original work, is encouraging a ‘rethink’ by academics
While the two governing councils have agreed to a combined university, many still need convincing – not least, opposition and crossbench parliamentarians
University leaders pin hopes on forthcoming review, as funding erosion and regulatory inflexibility threaten core capability
But almost half of surveyed students still want to work more than the newly raised cap
Union president at transgender row university backs action against ‘bigots’, but draws the line at property destruction
Staff ‘shell-shocked’ as declining enrolments, mounting costs and investment reversal trigger call for voluntary redundancies
Critics say a temporary boost, in the form of money that had been earmarked for universities anyway, will not compensate for starvation rations
While college press has a special place in the nation’s psyche, a legal ‘loophole’ leaves it exposed
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
