Abigail Simons
Biographic Data
| ID | 7740849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abigail Simons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abigail |
| FAMILY NAME | Simons |
| SIGNATURE | SIMONS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9056-7403 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1898 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
South African Higher Education Institutions at the Beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic
After the unprecedented changes experienced in higher education due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a need to integrate initial thoughts and reflective experience to decide on the way forward. This study aimed to reflect on, and make sense of the events related to South African higher education institutions HEIs at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic by using the Cynefin framework. Data from a rapid review of online media at the onset of the Co…
Wellness needs of academic employees
Academic employees at Higher Education Institutions face numerous challenges, ranging from workload, student protests, and emergency remote learning. We explored the lived work wellness experiences of South African academics and how well institutional wellness services were meeting these needs. Thirteen academics (eight females; six senior lecturers) completed semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis identified five themes: (i) need for work…
A Statistical Study in Causes of Poverty
EVERY student of statistics dealing with poverty is more or less familiar with the weaknesses and limitations of "casecounting" as a method of determining the share borne by different factors in causing human misery. This method, in its ordinary form, consists in simply assigning each case of distress to its most prominent cause and then counting the total number of cases assigned to each cause. It is evident to anyone that results so gained must…
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A Statistical Study in Causes of Poverty
EVERY student of statistics dealing with poverty is more or less familiar with the weaknesses and limitations of "casecounting" as a method of determining the share borne by different factors in causing human misery. This method, in its ordinary form, consists in simply assigning each case of distress to its most prominent cause and then counting the total number of cases assigned to each cause. It is evident to anyone that results so gained must…
South African Higher Education Institutions at the Beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic
After the unprecedented changes experienced in higher education due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a need to integrate initial thoughts and reflective experience to decide on the way forward. This study aimed to reflect on, and make sense of the events related to South African higher education institutions HEIs at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic by using the Cynefin framework. Data from a rapid review of online media at the onset of the Co…
Wellness needs of academic employees
Academic employees at Higher Education Institutions face numerous challenges, ranging from workload, student protests, and emergency remote learning. We explored the lived work wellness experiences of South African academics and how well institutional wellness services were meeting these needs. Thirteen academics (eight females; six senior lecturers) completed semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis identified five themes: (i) need for work…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Autoethnography (1 work) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (1 work) · Download (1 work)