Higher education and the pandemic: key trends to watch in 2021

Few areas of higher education and research have been left untouched by the Covid-19 pandemic – and during 2020, trends emerged that the academic community will be keeping a close eye on in 2021. Here, we look at five and what the coming months may bring

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January 15, 2021

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