Pension deal aims to avert staff loss
Some older academics in the TPS will now be able to work and claim a pension, says Chloe Stothart A key reform of one of the higher education sector's main pension schemes could help prevent an early...
Some older academics in the TPS will now be able to work and claim a pension, says Chloe Stothart A key reform of one of the higher education sector's main pension schemes could help prevent an early...

UCU, employers and USS will discuss the ongoing pensions row, following series of recommendations from expert panel聽聽
It is worth examining what befell many who retired with benefits from the Federated Superannuation Scheme for Universities. This was a defined-contribution scheme that was the forerunner of the USS....

Higher pay for top researchers may have caused the end of final salary scheme. Jack Grove writes

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

Walkouts to聽escalate over February and March
Perhaps it is time for a radical rethink of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (THES, April 18, 21, 28), one that embraces both the concerns of USS chief executive David Chynoweth about stability...
The USS offers a low-cost, totally risk-free, index-linked income in retirement - plus additional death in service benefits, dependants' pensions and ill-health provision. It can offer these benefits...
As an Association of University Teachers-appointed director of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, I have followed with interest recent exchanges in The THES on pensions. Sarah Oates (Letters,...
Proposed improvements to the lecturers' pension scheme could stave off the looming recruitment and retention crisis, the Association of University Teachers believes. Trustees of the Universities...
Andrew Oswald ("Richer than you thought", THES, April 14; "The pension millionaire game", April 28) has shown how niggardly our pension providers can be. What is especially galling to those of us who...

About 1 million students set to be affected by walkout

As a consultation launches, employees consider the impact of the USS reforms

University staff would see 鈥渢ens of thousands of pounds a year wiped off their pensions鈥 if Universities UK plans for change are introduced.

Staff at older universities will begin a marking boycott next week in a row over pension changes