The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed our world. All spheres of social life have been affected by the pandemic. Lockdown and other restriction measures have grinded contact tuition to a hold and we are seeing universities pivot to online learning/teaching. Although authentic online teaching/learning may not be realised in this moment of crisis, online teaching/learning is likely to be expanded post-COVID-19. In this article, I explore the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic could accelerate the uberfication of the university. The concept of “uberfication of the university” was first mooted by Gary Hall (2016). I argue that although uberfication of the university (or its acceleration) is not preordained, the potential for its actualisation is already embedded in our present social, educational and technological situation. Although the possibility exists that the present situation can also be a carrier of alternatives to uberfication, vectors of escape from the latter will depend on the active construction of counter narratives to uberfication. The article thus sounds a cautionary note to universities.

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Covid-19大流行病能否促进大学的发展？

COVID-19大流行彻底改变了我们的世界。大流行影响了社会生活的所有领域。锁定和其他限制措施已将联系学费减为零，而且我们看到大学转向在线学习/教学。尽管在当前危机时刻可能无法实现真正​​的在线教学，但COVID-19之后，在线教学/学习很可能会得到扩展。在本文中，我探讨了COVID-19大流行可能加速大学升学的可能性。加里·霍尔（Gary Hall）（2016）首次提出“大学的大学化”的概念。我认为，尽管大学的提升（或其加速）并未得到预定，但其实现的潜力已经嵌入到我们目前的社会，教育和技术状况中。尽管存在这样的可能性，即目前的情况也可能成为增效替代品的载体，但从增效替代中逃逸的载体将取决于对增效相反叙述的积极建构。因此，这篇文章对大学来说是一个警告。