

There are numerous articles and books that focus on issues faced in academic contexts, but few target the flexibility and creativity needed in academia. The work of faculty is a fine balance between the needs of their students and the requirements of the institutions they work for, and so, quick-thinking and resourcefulness are useful attributes for any educator. Almost daily, academics and students alike face situations that require them to be flexible and creative. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Ĭreativity plays an important role in education. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Published in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives. Copyright © 2021, Javeria Mohsin Ali Khan, Sumitra Anilkumar, Sarah Azzam, Shahbano Farooq and Lama Mahmoud.
