Discussions still tend to centre on the classical university, but everything at the university will change. Three forces drive this. First, new technology will enter the university and force new ways of working. Second, students’ needs differ from what academics assume: they seek not only knowledge but skills and future employment, so education has to be transformed to respond. Third, a great deal of valuable work happens outside universities — in businesses, research centres and think tanks — so universities, which remain strong, must broaden cooperation with their environment. They should stop living separated from society; their future depends on being part of it.