WORKING CONDITIONS OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS DURING THE PANDEMIC - THE CASE OF GREEK UNIVERSITIES

Christos Zagkos, Argyris Kyridis, Ioannis Kamarianos, Nikos Fotopoulos

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The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically disrupted every aspect of human life including education. All around the world, campuses closed, and teaching-learning has moved online. Despite all these challenges, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have reacted positively and managed to ensure the continuity of teaching-learning, research, and service to society during the pandemic. This article highlights on major impacts of Covid-19 on HEIs in Greece and aims to capture in quantitative terms the working conditions of university professors during that period. This study thus employs a quantitative approach based on a survey design to purposively collect data from 219 tutors in order to discuss the implementation of online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Greek higher education context and investigate the challenges experienced by university teachers during this period.

 

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COVID-19, higher education, university staff, online learning

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