AmbidexterityFootnote

† This is a reference to an article by Corbett et al. (Citation2014) that, broadly, suggests that academics need to find a new way of surviving whilst being innovative and recognising the need to be disruptive. I return to this paper later in this piece.

, Puzzlement, Confusion and a Community of Faith? A Response to My Friends

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