The Council has recently discussed papers prepared by the Pro-Vice-Chancellors for Education, Research, and Planning and Resources, the previous Registrary, and the Chairman of the Colleges Standing Committee on strategic directions in the following areas: education, research, and scholarship; resources and finance; governance, management, and organization; and the collegiate University. It has agreed to make the papers available to members of the University by publication on the intranet at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/committee/council/.