Nightmare scenarios
Have we learned nothing in the past six years about the difference between mathematical models and the real world? If you put garbage into a mathematical model, you will get garbage out. If you model...
Have we learned nothing in the past six years about the difference between mathematical models and the real world? If you put garbage into a mathematical model, you will get garbage out. If you model...
Your financial health check of universities (“Keep squirrelling away the nuts”, Features, 30 April) showed that the sector reported net assets “excluding pension liabilities” of an impressive £40...
In “Pay it forward” (Letters, 7 November), Dennis Leech attacks my analysis of the financial health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK’s largest pension scheme.The basis of his attack...
Sally Hunt explains why union members are taking action this week over changes to pensions
“USS’ multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the bill” (News, 31 October) reported allegations of a “black hole” in the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quoted the view that it...
Considerable attention has been paid to the Universities Superannuation Scheme’s ability to meet its obligations (“USS’ multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the bill”, News, 31...
The letters on the Universities Superannuation Scheme published by Times Higher Education in the past two weeks (“Assets, liabilities and old age tensions”, 14 November; “Equity inequities”, 21 ...
Which were the most-read Times Higher Education stories of last month? Well, since you asked…
USS pensionsTobacco investments under attackThe Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) should reconsider its investments in companies that sell tobacco, arms and fossil fuels, a new campaign says....
UCU writes to pre-92 institutions warning them not to withhold salary over pensions dispute action
Young academics will be 30 per cent worse off in retirement than their older colleagues, a new study suggests.
The University and College Union's decision to suspend its industrial action while negotiations take place over the Universities Superannuation Scheme in the pre-1992 sector is unwelcome. While the...
TES GlobalTHE parent acquires UniJobsTimes Higher Education’s parent company, TES Global, has acquired UniJobs, the online global network for academic and research positions, it was announced this...
Views on pensions depend on principlesRe the proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“Reforms seen as ‘radical attack’ on pensions”, News, 18 September): in non-academic terms we...
The University of York’s plans to withhold pay from staff joining a union marking boycott over pension cuts have been criticised as “bullying”.