‘New era of partnership’ needed after pensions strike, say unions
Branches call for return to collegiality from senior management to avoid repeat of industrial action
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UK’s top-paid vice-chancellors earn more from sector pension fund
Sir David Eastwood earns £90,000 as USS chair, while Dame Glynis Breakwell gets £50,000
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USS guesswork
We write as members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme who are concerned that negotiations over the future of our pension scheme are based on the projection of a very large deficit based on an...
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UCU leader: strikes coming as staff are ‘burnt out and leaving sector’
V-c warns pension and pay strikes will damage whole sector but union members believe experience shows industrial action will force change
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USS reforms
UUK’s proposed hybrid scheme could result in losses of £20,000 a year
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One in three union members joined strikes, say employers
UCU says that universities should focus on solving dispute ‘instead of trying to spin their way out of this’
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Strike looms as universities seek end to USS defined benefit deal
University and College Union will ballot members on a national walkout over plans to move staff to defined contribution pension scheme
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Union unrest opens new front in UK university pensions dispute
Growing discontent among University and College Union members about leaders’ handling of negotiations
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Hundreds of external examiners resign in UK pensions dispute
More than 600 academics record resignation in online document
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New USS pension reform plans to be put to union vote
University staff will not resume a marking boycott this week after employers put forward amended plans to reform the sector’s biggest pension scheme
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V-cs make new offer to end UK university pensions dispute
Revised deal would set up expert panel to advise on ‘future joint approach’, and aim to protect defined benefits
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USS deficit rises despite savings from end of final salary pensions
Rising liabilities may again focus attention on whether Universities Superannuation Scheme assumptions are ‘unreasonably pessimistic’
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Letter: shrinking pensions could lead to recruitment disaster
We write as senior academics to express our concern about the proposal from Universities UK to end guaranteed pension payments in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“UUK reforms ‘will cut USS...
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Call for external examiners to quit in UK pensions dispute
UCU appeal is latest escalation of row over future of Universities Superannuation Scheme
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THE survey reveals university staff split on USS pensions reform
Our Best University Workplace Survey 2015 shows disparate opinions on the need for changes