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Studying flocks of starlings helped Giorgio Parisi crack some of physics’ deepest mysteries. The Nobelist talks to Matthew Reisz about his unconventional methods, missed eureka moments and being Italy’s most in-demand scientist

The new REF rules allow greater scope to aim for the (four) stars. But who will embrace the risk of crashing to Earth, asks Matthew Flinders

Universities could be marked down on research culture if a handful of researchers dominate submissions, says research assessment officials

Reports that Rishi Sunak could sign off Horizon membership next week after Brussels and Whitehall officials reach cost consensus

Claire Coutinho argues the free speech act is already having impact on campuses and praises university leaders for response

Professors in global North should come south as temporary solution to immigration headaches, Rwandan ambassador tells event

Universities UK taskforce expected to report its findings later this summer

Committee wants bystander training as regulatory condition and calls universities’ use of NDAs to silence victims in sex cases ‘disgraceful’

Relocation would answer Milton Keynes’ call for an undergraduate university as competition and lifelong loan entitlement threaten distance learning modus operandi 

Publisher’s replacement of editor-in-chief comes as it pushes for seven-fold increase in acceptances

Oxford’s vaccine success shows what universities can do in a crisis, but following up with climate solutions means being proactive with funders, Irene Tracey tells É«ºÐÖ±²¥ summit

Investing in structures and processes that allow students and staff to develop their own relationships is the best way to avoid woolly diversity work, conference hears