UCU sets course for industrial action over pay and pensions
Union聽congress calls for resignation of USS chief executive and criticises Cambridge college鈥檚 decision to withdraw from scheme
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Cambridge鈥檚 Trinity faces union boycott after confirming USS exit
Academics may be asked not to apply for jobs, give lectures or conduct external examining at Trinity
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USS strike: global pensions crisis is now shaking ivory towers
Pensions industry must use academia鈥檚 knowledge to create more imaginative solutions to global pensions crisis, argues Lionel Martellini
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Birmingham v-c Sir David Eastwood announces retirement
Historian has held a series of senior roles across UK sector but also attracted criticism from grassroots staff over pay and pensions
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Half of USS members to take top-up pension
Most taking part in new scheme will withdraw their extra pension as cash, finds report
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UK university staff vote to strike over USS pension reforms
Fourteen days of strike action set to begin on 22 February if talks fail, affecting 61 universities
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UUK reforms 鈥榳ill cut USS pensions by up to 40 per cent鈥
Plans would 鈥榙evastate鈥 members鈥 pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis
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USS pensions: how to fix the worst offer I鈥檝e seen from an employer in 20 years
Sally Hunt offers three ways to fix the proposed USS pension reforms
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Mervyn King is wrong to deny USS deficit
The former Bank of England governor鈥檚 broadside against academic pension cuts relied on 鈥榬eckless鈥 and 鈥榓bsurd鈥 assumptions, say John Ralfe and Bernard Casey
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USS strike: staff walkout is only way left to stop unnecessary pension cuts
Academics do not want to damage students' education but strike action is the only option left to protect pensions, says Sam Marsh
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The Charybdis at the centre of the USS
As others have pointed out in these pages, recent reporting on the health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme pension fund has been alarmist and misleading (鈥淓stimates may vary鈥, Letters, 10...
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Pension contributions set to rise as USS deficit hits 拢5 billion
Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals
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USS to revisit 拢7.5 billion deficit valuation
Pension scheme will re-run its valuation and consult universities on proposals to save defined benefits, although April鈥檚 cost increases will go ahead
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The USS strike and the winter of academics鈥 discontent
The protests against pensions reforms reflect not just self-interest but also anger about working conditions and a sense that universities are losing their way. Jack Grove explores how proposed...
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USS strike: long-term promise on employer contributions may break pensions impasse
Uncertainty over the future of 18 per cent contributions is hampering negotiations, argue Jon Forster, Graham Niblo and James Vickers