Who am I now? How the academic identity changed through Covid

Actors? Videographers? Graphic designers? Covid has forced academics to wear many uncomfortable hats, say Christine Rivers and Anna Holland

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February 23, 2021

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March 15, 2021

Christine Rivers Anna Holland

Twitter: @CBRivers

Academics are having to be actors, videographers, graphic designers

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