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'Does anyone even notice us?' COVID-19's impact on academics' well-being in a developing country

Joanne Hardman, Richard Watermeyer, Kalpana Shankar, Venkata Ratnadeep Suri, Tom Crick Orcid Logo, Cathryn Knight Orcid Logo, Fiona McGaughey, Roger Chung Orcid Logo

South African Journal of Higher Education, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 19

Swansea University Authors: Tom Crick Orcid Logo, Cathryn Knight Orcid Logo

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In March 2020, the President of South African announced that the nation would go into full lockdown in the wake of an increase in COVID-19 infections. Academics had, in some instances, only one day to prepare for ‘emergency remote teaching’. Few academics had taught online before, as South Africa’s...

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