Casting vote seals USS reform
Higher education employers have won their battle to cut benefits in the sector’s main pension scheme, raising the prospect of further industrial action.The University and College Union’s negotiators...
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London lecturers strike over pensions
Lecturers from post-1992 universities in London are joining school teachers in a walk-out to protest against changes to their pensions.
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Deadlock over pension reform
Final-salary deals still in balance as employers and unions fail to agree. John Morgan reports
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The week in higher education – 5 April 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The week in higher education – 18 January 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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War possible as USS battle is lost
UCU to ballot over 'seriously disruptive action' as employers get their way. John Morgan reports
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UCU plans fresh strikes over USS
Union bid to expose hard-line v-cs who refuse to call for talks on pensions, writes John Morgan
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Laurie Taylor – 4 January 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Sustainable pensions, passionate debate 3
The overwhelming rejection of proposed changes to the USS by scheme members in the UCU is not surprising. The biggest change would be the introduction of a two-tier system, in which a career-average...
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Universities face extra costs in pension funding
The sector's main pension fund is likely to be judged as having a £2.9 billion deficit, potentially requiring an injection of funds from universities and damaging the case for the University and...
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Scholar spots risky business in USS investments
The "high-risk" investment strategy pursued by the Universities Superannuation Scheme has been a bigger problem for pensions than rising life expectancy, an academic has claimed.