Explaining the profits
Your money is in safe hands, says university pension scheme chief executive David Chynoweth. The pensions industry is under close scrutiny. And rightly so. The funds involved are huge and those...
Your money is in safe hands, says university pension scheme chief executive David Chynoweth. The pensions industry is under close scrutiny. And rightly so. The funds involved are huge and those...
Both vice-chancellors and academics enjoyed healthy pay rises in 2008-09, although they may seem a distant memory to those now feeling the pinch. Using an exclusive analysis by Grant Thornton, John...
Lord Mandelson has wielded the axe on university spending, and whichever party wins the general election, further cuts are likely. Using an exclusive analysis of institutions' financial statements by...
I am about to join a new university as an hourly paid lecturer teaching for three hours a week. I am close to retirement and do not see this as a first step towards some sort of academic career. The...
Pensions in higher and further education are undergoing their biggest reforms in 20 years. Harriet Swain reports. Tomorrow's academic OAPs will retire into a new pensions world thanks to a thorough...
The short answer to Dick Leigh's letter ( THES , December 21/28) is that the Teachers' Superannuation Scheme is written with age 60 as the normal retirement age whereas the Universities...
The Universities Superannuation Scheme has a surplus of 8 per cent - Pounds 1.44 billion. Of this, Pounds 201 million will go to improve member benefits and Pounds 561.3 million has gone to lower the...
Academics at Edinburgh University are demanding an independent inquiry into pension payments of almost £130,000 to Lord Sutherland, who stepped down from the Edinburgh principal-ship in 2002. The...
Academics at Edinburgh University are demanding an independent inquiry into pension payments of almost £130,000 to Lord Sutherland, who stepped down from the Edinburgh principal-ship in 2002. The...
Union leaders attacked Sir Howard Newby's record on equal opportunities this week as he prepared to take up his post as chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The...
Academic salaries have increased by 12.6% in two years, but can the rises be sustained? Market differences are already beginning to show, with significant variations in pay between universities just...
... believe ethically responsible investment will benefit academic pensions David Chynoweth Chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, which has assets of nearly Pounds 20 billion....
THES reporters unravel the tangle of pension options facing staff three years after the reorganisation of higher education and examine the barriers to a unified system. Although it is three years...
It's been a good year. In 2007-08, academic pay rose more rapidly than the national average. Vice-chancellors took home the big money, but thanks to the credit crunch, this year may be the high-water...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am approaching 65, which means obligatory retirement at my university. Because of...