Letters from the Academia: University Issues in the Pandemic
Letters from the Academia: University Issues in the Pandemic

Summary/Abstract: For professionals inside HE, university activity implies three major requirements: lecturing, conference participation and article publication. The question is to what extent these forums cover the whole range of academic communication, and what would happen if other debate outlets were recognised as equally valid? Letters to the editor may be one pertinent category. Although present in few scientific journals, usually as part of Comments, Letters or Opinion sections, letters play the same role in these publications as discussions usually do at the end of a lecture. Moreover, some publications validate them as scientific research in their own right. What this article aims to disclose are some of the topics of concern expressed by academics from different parts of the world in their letters about university life during the recent pandemic. Not surprisingly perhaps, their main concern seems to be the same: the transformations in education and publication imposed or accelerated by the pandemic, and the response of HE institutions to this massive and unexpected challenge.

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