Architects or builders; scaffolding or duck tape?

In this paper I reflect on the role of HCI Education in University level courses. The theme of the conference is ‘Architecting the Future’ and I analyse what we mean by this in terms of HCI Education. As a community we seem to have moved from fundamental HCI issues through usability and user-centered design, and last year were all about design and creativity – have we moved one step beyond again and moved to architecting the future? And if so, is this appropriate for our students? Four principles for HCI Education are presented that address the pressures that students and the curriculum is under. Further approaches to assisting HCI Education are given, in the light of case study experiences