Deficit puts pension scheme in jeopardy
Experts predict 'unsustainable' USS fund will close within 10 years. Jack Grove reports
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Retirement planning: do compulsory retirement ages benefit the academy?
Many older academics have a great deal to offer, in terms of both research and teaching the next generation. But should they step aside for the sake of their younger colleagues’ careers? Jack Grove...
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Lecturers to press USS on ethics of pensions
Lecturers will raise concerns over ethical investment of pension funds at next week's annual institutions meeting of the Universities' Superannuation Scheme. Alan Carling, past president of the...
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Pension tensions (1 of 3)
In "Candid Cantor" (Letters, 31 March), Daniel Vulliamy misreads Brian Cantor's letter of 17 March on the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quotes him out of context. As Cantor points out, the...
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Pension shortfall fears over Scottish referendum
A £9.8 billion shortfall in the main university pension scheme could be payable if Scotland left the UK following a vote on independence in 2014
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Listless reply to USS consultation
Employers and critics offer divergent interpretation of 1 per cent response rate. John Morgan reports
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Pension tensions (2 of 3)
The refusal of the employers to negotiate on changes to the USS and a national jobs agreement indicates a "no-compromise" position. They clearly want to take advantage of the government's...
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Factions must not be allowed to take over
We are long-time trade union activists with several decades of commitment to trade unionism who have served the University and College Union, its predecessor unions and others at all levels. We were...
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Interview: USS chief keeps eyes on long-term prize
Bill Galvin optimistic about future despite massive deficit
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Best supporting actors each and every one
While I agree with Fiona Whelan on the importance of university support staff to institutions, and concur that universities could do more to appreciate them, IÂ have to disagree with the comments...
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Pensions are safe if we don't stop working
Proposals to remove the retirement age should be good news for the academic superannuation pot, but Darrel Ince warns that there are downsides as well
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The place of unions in the academy
From the largest strike in the history of UK higher education, to the US ‘academic precariat’ looking to unionise to improve their conditions, Jack Grove assesses the changing influence of workers’...
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Research funders urged to extend deadlines as strikes continue
Staff at 65 UK higher education institutions are entering their fourth week of strike action