Employers strike deal with UCU leaders in USS pension talks
Agreement raises hopes that strike action could be suspended later this week
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Essex v-c says universities can afford to pay more into pensions
Anthony Forster criticises failure of negotiators to 鈥榚mbrace principled compromise鈥
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Release investigation report, says sacked USS whistleblower
Warwick statistician Jane Hutton attacks lack of transparency over her dismissal from board of Universities Superannuation Scheme
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Students split over support for USS pensions strike, poll reveals
Majority say they will support their lecturer if they walk out, but two-thirds concerned about impact on education
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UCU confirms 14 strike dates over USS pensions row
Industrial action is set to begin with a two-day walkout on 22 and 23 February, affecting 61 universities聽
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Fresh strike ballots at 24 universities in pay and pensions row
Strikes threaten to spill into the new year, as little progress made in聽dispute
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King鈥檚 posts 拢154 million deficit as pension charges hit UK sector
Huge deficits emerge as universities start to publish 2018-19 accounts 鈥 but impact will be reversed next year
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Pay extra 1% of salary to save USS pension benefits, says panel
Additional contribution from staff combined with 2 per cent extra from employers would be enough to keep current USS pension scheme, say experts
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Union calls 14-day strike in UK pay and pensions dispute
Walkouts to聽escalate over February and March
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Don鈥檛 be pound foolish over pensions
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
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UK union members back strike action over pay and pensions
About 1 million students set to be affected by walkout
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Whistleblowing professor Jane Hutton fired from USS board
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
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USS鈥 straw man
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...
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UCU rejected lower pension contributions over strike moratorium
Union brands inclusion of two-year bar on walkouts in compromise offer 鈥榣udicrous鈥
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UCU chief urges v-cs to speak out to avert UK pensions strike
Jo Grady says 鈥榓 lot of鈥 university leaders want to strike a deal over contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme