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‘Living at work’: COVID-19, remote-working and the spatio-relational reorganisation of professional services in UK universities

Richard Watermeyer Orcid Logo, Cathryn Knight, Tom Crick Orcid Logo, Mar Borras

Higher Education, Volume: 85

Swansea University Author: Tom Crick Orcid Logo

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been the source of large-scale disruption to the work practices of university staff, across the UK and globally. This article reports the experiences of n=4731 professional services staff (PSS) working in UK universities and their experiences of pandemic-related work disrup...

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ISSN: 0018-1560 1573-174X
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2022
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