USS whistleblower ‘sidelined’ and faces conduct investigation
Jane Hutton says that pension fund is trying to deny her ‘whistleblower’ status
Jane Hutton says that pension fund is trying to deny her ‘whistleblower’ status
More than 1 million students on 68 campuses to be affected, as union splits walkouts by dispute
Industrial action at UK universities a ‘seminal moment’, say academics
Andrew Oswald's Soapbox article last week calling on the Universities Supperannuation Scheme to increase members' pensions has attracted a flurry of support (Letters, opposite). Staff at universities...
Negotiators ‘within reach of agreements’ as union cuts demands on pay rises and pension contributions, says general secretary
As more strikes loom, UCU believes fresh assessment of pension fund would show employers’ justification for cuts has ‘evaporated’
In the otherwise comprehensive report on the changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“Days of reckoning”, Features, 12 March), there was no mention of some of the key issues facing the...
Total number of union branches eligible to strike this year reaches 74
UCU warns that academics at older universities could be up to £21,000 a year worse off in retirement than those at newer institutions
The former Bank of England governor’s broadside against academic pension cuts relied on ‘reckless’ and ‘absurd’ assumptions, say John Ralfe and Bernard Casey
The decision by the University of York to deduct 100 per cent pay in response to the University and College Union’s democratic mandate to initiate an assessment boycott in the Universities...
Thousands walk out, but universities say they expect ‘low to medium’ levels of disruption
Industrial action called over the reforms to pre-1992 university pensions has been suspended.
Discussions about how the UK’s largest pension scheme covers its deficit ought to consider whether all employers and members should pay the same rate, argues Paul Hamilton
Staff at 58 universities set to walk out