How are universities coping with the Covid-19 crisis?

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Universities are learning to change - together

A recent webinar involving senior leaders of higher education from South Africa, France, Switzerland and Germany revealed that institutions across the world faced some similar challenges in the shift to online learning during COVID-19-induced lockdowns.

The webinar, entitled “Cross-Continental Dialogues on Higher Education: How are universities coping with the COVID-19 crisis”, was organised jointly by the embassies – in Pretoria – of Finland, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland, as well as the South African Department of Higher Education and Training and the Department of Science and Innovation.

The aim was to share experiences between South African and European universities regarding emergency remote learning that universities were forced to implement.

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