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Research Article

Precarity and the pandemic: an inquiry into the impact of Covid19 on the working lives of non-permanent educators in post-compulsory education in Ireland

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Pages 622-642 | Received 11 Dec 2021, Accepted 20 Apr 2022, Published online: 12 Oct 2022

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