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Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routines of Higher Education Institutions: A Global Perspective
Sustainability, Vol.14(21), pp.1-19
2022
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disturbances in the work of hundreds of millions of people around the world. One of the groups affected is the academic staff at higher education institutions, whose original business model, i.e., presence teaching, suddenly changed to online learning. This has, in turn, exacerbated pre-existing problems such as shortage of time, busy schedules, and challenges to a work-life balance. Since academic staff plays a key role in respect of teaching and research, often acting as leaders in their fields, it is important to reflect on the influences of the lockdowns on their work routines. In order to address this research need, this paper reports on a study that examined the impacts of the lockdowns on the work of academic staff at universities. Using a bibliometric analysis and investigation of a set of case studies, the study sheds light on the difficulties encountered and the means deployed to address them. Our study did not identify a one-size-fits-all response to manage the manifold changes brought on HEIs by the COVID-19 pandemic. Selected arising priorities include creating a culture of educational resilience through a container of complementary measures.
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- Title
- Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routines of Higher Education Institutions: A Global Perspective
- Authors
- Walter Leal Filho (Author) - Manchester Metropolitan UniversityAmanda Lange Salvia (Corresponding Author) - HAW HamburgIsmaila Rimi Abubakar (Author) - Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityMark Mifsud (Author) - University of MaltaHossein Azadi (Author) - Ghent UniversityAyyoob Sharifi (Author) - Hiroshima UniversityTodd LeVasseur (Author) - College of CharlestonJohannes M. Luetz (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyLuis Velazquez (Author) - Universidad de SonoraPriyatma Singh (Author) - University of FijiRudi Pretorius (Author) - University of South AfricaNoor Adelyna Mohammed Akib (Author) - Universiti Sains MalaysiaTamara Savelyeva (Author) - Hong Kong Institute of Education for Sustainable DevelopmentLuciana Brandli (Author) - Universidade de Passo FundoNandhivarman Muthu (Author) - Pondicherry UniversityPatrizia Lombardi (Author) - Polytechnic University of Turin
- Publication details
- Sustainability, Vol.14(21), pp.1-19
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.3390/su142114105
- ISSN
- 2071-1050
- Copyright note
- © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99696658102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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