Most universities have reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic by going online with their teaching programmes. This is part of their response to make teaching and the completion of the academic year a priority. Students need to achieve their qualifications and enter the economy to start working and start making a contribution almost ‘at any cost’. The common mood amongst academics suggests that this is temporary:- there will be a vaccine coming out soon and ‘things will get back to normal’. Universities are notorious for their stickiness when it comes to changing the way in which they do things and…
Another Brick in the Wall?
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