Why compassion, why now?
Waddington, K. 2021. Why compassion, why now? in: Waddington, K. (ed.) Towards the Compassionate University: From Golden Thread to Global Impact Abingdon and New York Routledge. pp. 5-22
Waddington, K. 2021. Why compassion, why now? in: Waddington, K. (ed.) Towards the Compassionate University: From Golden Thread to Global Impact Abingdon and New York Routledge. pp. 5-22
Chapter title | Why compassion, why now? |
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Authors | Waddington, K. |
Editors | Waddington, K. |
Abstract | Arguably we are witnessing what might be termed a ‘compassion turn’ in contemporary academic life in the 21st century university (e.g. Caddell & Wilder, 2018; Gibbs, 2017a, Waddington, 2018). The higher education sector now operates in a global climate of increasing competition, complexity and uncertainty, where the need for compassion is paramount. The overarching aims of this introductory chapter are to: |
Keywords | Compassion |
Covid-19 | |
higher education | |
Book title | Towards the Compassionate University: From Golden Thread to Global Impact |
Page range | 5-22 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Publication dates | |
Published | 18 Mar 2021 |
Place of publication | Abingdon and New York |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN | 9780367341817 |
9780429324338 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429324338-1 |