An presentation given at the Uttarakhand Open University, India (29 November 2011) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning. Duration: 11:04 // Resource contains link to video as well as documents of the transcript and presentation slides. // The Chinese ideogram for crisis combines the ideograms for danger and for opportunity. That nicely expresses the situation today in higher education in most countries. Higher education must evolve in a fast-changing environment. Such an environment presents dangers but also offers opportunities. Your task as university leaders is to minimise the dangers and maximise the opportunities for your institutions.