“The Future University”

The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Cambridge has produced a series of lectures under the title "The Future University". The series includes various lectures in audio and video format, in addition to panel discusssions and so forth. The topics are focused on some of the key questions around the future of higher  education.
One of the topics highlighted is the nature and role of humanities in the future of university. This was for example the focus of a panel debate with a number of high profiled academics from UK (amongst others Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge; Mary Margaret McCabe, Philosophy, King's College London; Sir Adam Roberts President, British Academy). In addition, there are also a number of more subject-specific topics that nevertheless have a role to play in understanding the future university, such as reflections on the scope of world literature as a academic field by Debjani Ganguly from Australian National University, and understanding the practice of music by Eric Clarke from University of Oxford, and further reflections on music as a creative practice by Nicholas Cook from University of Cambridge.
Other topics include issues related to staff and students, such as graduate innovation, and research groups for graduates and staff. An interesting presentation is by Simon Schaffer (HPS, Cambridge) who discusses the role of disciplines. In addition, the topics also cover topics that focus on the policy perspective, including a presentation from Michael Kenny (Politics, University of Sheffield)  who gives a presentation on "Higher Education Policy in the UK: What can we Learn from the Longer View?".