UCU rejected lower pension contributions over strike moratorium
Union brands inclusion of two-year bar on walkouts in compromise offer ‘ludicrous’
Union brands inclusion of two-year bar on walkouts in compromise offer ‘ludicrous’
Union sets out timetable for ballots over industrial action in relation to the pay and USS pension disputes
Action is clearly needed to shore up the USS, but the trustee needs to be more flexible, says Alistair Jarvis
We write with reference to the consultation regarding the proposed closure of the Universities Superannuation Scheme’s final salary scheme. We suggest that the current timescales do not represent an...
Union congress calls for resignation of USS chief executive and criticises Cambridge college’s decision to withdraw from scheme
UK higher education’s biggest pension fund says Covid-related uncertainty on financial markets added £7 billion to shortfall in space of two months
Re the proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“Reforms seen as ‘radical attack’ on pensions”, News, 18 September): in non-academic terms we are getting done over royally.This is...
If universities don’t commit to underwriting a riskier investment strategy, pension contributions will have to rise sharply, says Bill Galvin
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...
UCU plan would maintain defined benefit scheme, but has been branded ‘unaffordable’ by universities
The university strikes are a militant campaign that attacks the very heart of learning as the union propaganda makes clear, says John Marenbon
This strike’s momentum is unprecedented because the proposed pension cuts are a symbol of the UK’s flawed higher education system, says George Letsas
Senior academics express fears for younger colleagues as strike deadline looms
Threats to dock pay from university staff working only their hours during the USS pensions dispute ignore academics’ unpaid hours, says Will Pooley
Economist Andrew Oswald counsels against despair over the Universities Superannuation Scheme reforms