Under-pressure UCU leader urges members to accept pensions deal
Several University and College Union branches urge rejection of offer to set up expert panel
Several University and College Union branches urge rejection of offer to set up expert panel
Union members have overwhelmingly backed plans for industrial action over changes to pensions
The Universities Superannuation Scheme is to recruit specialist advisers to monitor the companies in which it invests for socially responsible behaviour. As Britain's third largest pension fund, it...
Increase in contributions to Teachers’ Pension Scheme will cost post-92 universities about £140 million annually, Ucea says
Dramatic change in context could help union secure mandate for broader action but scale of challenge remains daunting
Ten branches demand sector conference as union fails to escalate industrial action in response to pay docking threats in marking boycott
Further walkouts would target exam period between April and June
Talks at mediation service Acas planned as strike action at UK universities enters fifth day
USS dispute has also revealed deep divides among vice-chancellors on way forward for the sector, experts say
Law firm claims that universities could be forced to pay out up to £20 million
Head of university employers’ body talks upcoming industrial action, cost-of-living crisis and future of collective bargaining
Sally Hunt explains why employers must change their ‘counterproductive’ attitudes towards risk to avoid further cuts to academic pensions
Lecturers from the University and College Union who help to run the sector’s £30 billion pension fund are being threatened with High Court action – by the fund itself.
A university collapse could have dramatic impact on contributions, council told. John Morgan reports
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...