Calculating the pensions pay-off
I am surprised that there appears to be so much misunderstanding as to USS pension benefits. I would indeed have been delighted on retirement 18 months ago to have received a tax-free, six-figure...
I am surprised that there appears to be so much misunderstanding as to USS pension benefits. I would indeed have been delighted on retirement 18 months ago to have received a tax-free, six-figure...
When the Universities Superannuation Scheme replaced the Federated Superannuation Scheme for Universities it was one of the best schemes around. But time moves on. Memory of the difficulties caused...
Sunny start to the latest round of UK industrial action couldn’t mask the frustrations felt by many union members
It is worth examining what befell many who retired with benefits from the Federated Superannuation Scheme for Universities. This was a defined-contribution scheme that was the forerunner of the USS....
University staff would see “tens of thousands of pounds a year wiped off their pensions” if Universities UK plans for change are introduced.
Staff at older universities will begin a marking boycott next week in a row over pension changes
Perhaps it is time for a radical rethink of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (THES, April 18, 21, 28), one that embraces both the concerns of USS chief executive David Chynoweth about stability...
The USS offers a low-cost, totally risk-free, index-linked income in retirement - plus additional death in service benefits, dependants' pensions and ill-health provision. It can offer these benefits...
As an Association of University Teachers-appointed director of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, I have followed with interest recent exchanges in The THES on pensions. Sarah Oates (Letters,...
Proposed improvements to the lecturers' pension scheme could stave off the looming recruitment and retention crisis, the Association of University Teachers believes. Trustees of the Universities...
Ballot result comes days before UCU plans to poll its members on whether to take action over below inflation pay rises
Andrew Oswald ("Richer than you thought", THES, April 14; "The pension millionaire game", April 28) has shown how niggardly our pension providers can be. What is especially galling to those of us who...
University refuses to pay staff who have returned to work until they reschedule lectures lost to last round of walkouts
Unless pay and conditions improve at UK universities, quality and diversity will enter a downward spiral, says Maria Sobolewska
Universities’ oligarchic control of degree provision and metrics’ misguided focus are shortchanging both students and academics, says Murdoch Gabbay