Belvedere Road, South Bank, London
Sat 19 Sept · 14:00 · £24
Bestselling author Rebecca F Kuang curates a panel of thinkers to unpack the huge challenges and transformative ideas redefining learning in the 21st century. Universities and colleges have long been heralded as crucibles of innovation, intellectual freedom and social mobility. But in recent years, higher education has been reshaped by rising costs, shifting labour markets and the use of artificial intelligence. What will the next decade of higher education look like in the face of unprecedented new challenges? How can universities grapple with AI and navigate a new political framework to push forward the boundaries of knowledge? And who are the innovators shaping new models of learning and research already? Kuang – author of the bestselling books Yellowface, Katabasis and Babel: An Arcane History – curates a panel of friends and thinkers to explore these knotty and pressing questions. Together, they spotlight the transformative ideas that redefine what it means to learn and teach today. Joining Kuang on the panel is Rose Luckin, a leading expert on the ethics of AI in relation to learning; and award-winning academic Xine Yao, a professor in American Literature and co-director of the queer studies network at University College London. Kuang is a multi-award-winning author and number one New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. She is currently pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University. Her forthcoming novel, Taipei Story, arrives in the autumn.