Pension action plans threaten NUS-UCU alliance
The National Union of Students has warned lecturers that student support for industrial action over pensions could be withdrawn.
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Pension-reform lobby group was backed by public money
£627,000 award to employers from funding chiefs underwrote PR and catering. John Morgan writes
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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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We'll fight to the finish: Hunt's rallying cry on pensions and private colleges
The general secretary of the University and College Union has pledged to continue to press private colleges on issues such as quality of provision and working conditions after claiming that the union...
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UCU testimonials show 'liberating' side-effects of pension struggle
The phrase "industrial action" usually summons up images of workers huddled around blazing braziers as they shiver on the picket line.But for some in the University and College Union, it means a...
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Cubie votes to scrap final-salary pensions
Union fears a two-tier system will emerge and damage staff recruitment. John Morgan reports
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UCU set for 'greatest industrial dispute' over job security and pensions
The University and College Union has taken a step towards national strike action over job security - and is also threatening to launch the "greatest industrial dispute" ever in higher education if...
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Talks deadlocked over scrapping of final-salary pensions for academics
A decision on whether to wind up the Universities Superannuation Scheme's final-salary pensions could be made this week - but talks between employers' and members' representatives are so far...
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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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Willetts' critical position on final-salary pensions
David Willetts has applied extra pressure to the pension-reform process, saying that students should not be expected to "prop up" the academy's final-salary deals.The comments by Mr Willetts, the...
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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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Do the maths to solve pensions time-bomb 2
Regretfully, many staff in higher education have already witnessed the end of final-salary pension schemes ("Warning sounded on final-salary pensions", 7 January).Institutions such as the...
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Do the maths to solve pensions time-bomb 3
It is important to clarify a number of points as the predictable scaremongering about the USS pension scheme appears to be increasing. First, such scaremongering is unhelpful. The University and...
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UK university strikes to continue as UCU rejects pension deal
Universities UK describes decision as ‘hugely disappointing’
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Ex-Bank of England chief attacks ‘unfair’ UK pension reforms
Universities Superannuation Scheme is in ‘rude health’, says Mervyn King