What will university be like in the future? Vote for your favourite ‘uni-vision’
What will it be like to study at Leiden University in 2075? Ten surprising, artistic uni-visions could be brought to life. It’s up to you to vote for your favourite.
What do you see if you look to the future? What will learning be like at our university when it turns 500 in 2075? And how can you depict this in a thought-provoking artwork that inspires us to look to the future? This is what Leiden University asked when it called for ‘uni-visions’ to mark its anniversary.
We received entries from students, staff, alumni and artists. They gained inspiration on uni-visions day, an expert jury selected ten finalists and now it’s up to the public to choose which three ideas will be brought to life. You have until 7 September to vote for your favourite on the uni-visions website.
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What if you learn by walking? Or by using your senses? What if AI pays your tuition fee or even uploads knowledge directly to your brain? The ten finalists imagine in their unique way what higher education might look like in 2075. Read more below.
Walking Lectures - Anne-Tjerk Mante
In the future, students will literally walk through their lectures, just like in Aristotle’s school. We learn while walking. Walking is making progress and it is through walking that stories and connection arise. A wall poem provides inspiration during our learning route.
Four Chairs - Lucas Mantel
In 2075, we will focus on subjective research: How do we learn? We learn by doing and by using insight, intuition and experience – and we will demonstrate this by getting people to build a chair. This idea is inspired by the artwork One and Three Chairs. While building the chair, the maker answers questions about feelings, actions, insights, expectations and experiences.
iMachine – Constant State of Wonder - Richard Post & John Stelck
Studying in 2075 is not just acquiring knowledge – it’s about reflection, slowing down and cultivating a state of wonder.
Studying is not
one path but multiple ways
en route to the how
These and other haikus will inspire students to think for themselves and to remain in a perpetual state of wonder.
The Future in Clay by AI - Vincent Pijpers
In the future, students will ‘work’ for (too) large AI companies to finance their studies. A clay animation (made with AI) about AI’s hunger for unique, validated data shows how AI companies pay students to conduct specific research.
The Encapsulation of Hope - Ana Paulina Sánchez
In 2075, knowledge is screened by AI systems and transmitted through wired fluid channels, according to individual needs and personality, directly into people’s minds, without the need for physical books or professors. This is depicted in a poem, photos and video in a hope-filled room, symbolising eternal hope in the human spirit.
2075 – A week in the Life of Leiden Students - Chantal van den Berge
The world of 2075 is full of uncertainty, inequality and constant change. That makes it more important than ever to design a resilient and meaningful learning environment in Leiden. Our motto: feet firmly in the mud – practical, engaged and not afraid to get dirty. Our story takes students of today to the students of tomorrow.
Beyond Sight & Sound - Claire Zandvliet and Malinda Clouder
Studying in 2075 is a sensory and creative experience: we learn not just by reading and listening but by feeling, smelling and tasting. This shifts the focus from theory to experience. Beyond Sight & Sound is an installation that gives the students of today a preview of this future. Art and textiles are combined to engage all the senses. An experimental taster of a teaching model combining theory and practice, the head and the senses.
Augustus 2075 - Bram Boesschen Hospers
August 2075 is a dazzlingly intense orchestral work for a large wind ensemble, portraying students toiling through the blistering summer heat of 2075. Dedicated to Joséphine, the newborn daughter of Bram Boesschen Hospers. How can we imagine a human life that has just begun?
The Intergalactic Elm - Michiel Keller & Machteld Zee
In 2075, the centuries-old Japanese elm in the Hortus Botanicus Leiden functions as a transmitter-receiver of intergalactic sounds. The elm communicates through quantum biological networks with genetically identical specimens on over 800 planets throughout the universe. Experience this scientific milestone in an installation in the Hortus.
Context-based Education for 2075: an exhibition - Jos van den Broek
In 2075, education is context-based for the heart (‘feeling’), head (‘imagining’) and hands (‘creating’). This work embraces imagination, beauty and wonder and the idea of equal recognition of those who work with their hearts, heads and hands. Inspiring wonder is the university’s most important task. An interactive exhibition introduces us to this form of teaching.
Which is your favourite? Haikus, a wall poem, an exhibition for children...
Vote now on the Leiden University uni-visions website.