Employers strike deal with UCU leaders in USS pension talks
Agreement raises hopes that strike action could be suspended later this week

Agreement raises hopes that strike action could be suspended later this week

Anthony Forster criticises failure of negotiators to 鈥榚mbrace principled compromise鈥

Warwick statistician Jane Hutton attacks lack of transparency over her dismissal from board of Universities Superannuation Scheme

Majority say they will support their lecturer if they walk out, but two-thirds concerned about impact on education

Industrial action is set to begin with a two-day walkout on 22 and 23 February, affecting 61 universities聽

Strikes threaten to spill into the new year, as little progress made in聽dispute

Huge deficits emerge as universities start to publish 2018-19 accounts 鈥 but impact will be reversed next year

Additional contribution from staff combined with 2 per cent extra from employers would be enough to keep current USS pension scheme, say experts

Walkouts to聽escalate over February and March

UK academics prize the USS pension. Sacrificing a scheme 鈥榠n rude health鈥 on the basis of overcautious calculations would cause more disaffection

About 1 million students set to be affected by walkout

Pension fund chair says Warwick statistician had 鈥榖reached a number of her director鈥檚 duties鈥, but insists probe was 鈥榗ompletely separate鈥 to investigation of her claims
In his article 鈥淯SS strike: we can鈥檛 ignore reality of our deficit, says pensions boss鈥 (Opinion, 19 March, www.timeshighereducation.com), Bill Galvin, the chief executive of the Universities...

Union brands inclusion of two-year bar on walkouts in compromise offer 鈥榣udicrous鈥

Jo Grady says 鈥榓 lot of鈥 university leaders want to strike a deal over contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme