March 6th - 10.00-17.00

Mandela Auditorium, Student’s Union, University of Strathclyde

Register for in person or virtual attendance here: What’s the ‘use’ in Higher Education? Event Registration – Fill out form

The third and final symposium in this SES-funded research project speculates on the notion of ‘use’ as it may present itself in the future. How might emerging technologies change how we view what is useful and what is obsolete? What will be the study trends of the future as students seek to optimise the ‘usefulness’ of their qualifications? Should universities be taking steps to enshrine their status as a public good?

This event is free to attend for anyone with an interest in HE, from any institution, discipline, student or professional at any level. Lunch and refreshments will be provided for in person attendees.

Programme Schedule:

10.00am Arrival and Coffee

10.30am Introduction: Nicola Robertson and Karsten Kenklies

11.00am Short Paper 1: Shone Surendran, Kings College London

What Counts as ‘Useful’ Knowledge in Higher Education? An Inferentialist Perspective

11.30am Short Paper 2: Manaar Hamed Al Namani, University of Strathclyde

Rethinking learning in the age of Generative AI: Student use and pedagogical change in

higher education

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Short paper: Paul Adams, University of Strathclyde

TBC

13.30 Short paper: Vijayita Prajapati, University of Strathclyde

The Future of Higher Education: Using Science Fiction to Reimagine Possibility

14.00 Short paper: Debs Robinson, University of Strathclyde

Regimes of Usefulness: Power/Knowledge and the University’s Public Purpose

14.30 Coffee

15.00 Keynote: Prof John Mitchell, University College London

How useful is an engineering education?

16.00 Panel discussion featuring all presenters