Briefing: The great campus exodus: has remote working gone too far in UK higher education?
Remote working: once the preserve of the occasional ‘working from home’ day, has now become a fixture of post-pandemic professional life. For UK higher education staff, encompassing both academics and professional services, this shift has raised profound questions about work quality, autonomy and institutional culture. Is remote working a progressive step forward or a necessary evil that can erode collegiality and productivity? Further, and crucially, how does it compare to in-person working in different academic settings?
Authors
- Alejandro Armellini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-3214)
- Harriet Dunbar-Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-2459)
Institutions
- University of Portsmouth (GB)
- University of Buckingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.25.00150
- Primary Topic
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00