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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Union threatens 14 more days of strike action in pensions dispute
Further walkouts would target exam period between April and June
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‘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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If the UCU strike achieves its aims, we’ll be worse off
The costs of the UCU’s pay and pensions demands make the fights for lighter workloads, greater gender and ethnic pay equality, and less workforce casualisation impossible, says Alexander Douglas
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Universities split over pay deductions for action short of strike
Ucea chair’s institution among those to decide against withholding salaries
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USS reforms
UUK’s proposed hybrid scheme could result in losses of £20,000 a year
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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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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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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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THE survey reveals university staff split on USS pensions reform
Our Best University Workplace Survey 2015 shows disparate opinions on the need for changes
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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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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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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