USS pension offer doesn’t go far enough, say UCU candidates
General secretary hopefuls want further concessions from pension scheme
General secretary hopefuls want further concessions from pension scheme
UUK’s proposed hybrid scheme could result in losses of £20,000 a year
Proposals reduce anticipated future contributions, but fall short of union members’ ‘no detriment’ demand
We write as members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme who are concerned that negotiations over the future of our pension scheme are based on the projection of a very large deficit based on an...
Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King and economist John Kay address the USS’ so-called funding crisis and propose a fairer approach to sharing risk between employers, employees and generations
Almost no leaders in THE survey expect government to support a university in serious trouble, as domestic and international funding woes leave one v-c fearing ministers ‘want to drive us out of...
‘Reassuring’ analysis reveals that sector is in surplus when pension provision changes are excluded from financial accounts
Bill Galvin, chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, tackles some of the ‘misunderstandings’ about the fund’s approach to its valuation
Pension cuts have been presented as a matter-of-fact and inevitable response to an enormous deficit, but this position has started to unravel, says Jan Machielsen
Academic sleuths have used investigative skills and Twitter to tell the real story behind proposed pension cuts, says Sherrill Stroschein
Agreement raises hopes that strike action could be suspended later this week
Pensions industry must use academia’s knowledge to create more imaginative solutions to global pensions crisis, argues Lionel Martellini
Warwick's vice-chancellor Stuart Croft explains how radical government action might help to avert the pensions strike affecting half of all UK universities
Too many partisan board members are causing the university pensions dispute to drag on, says Adrian Bell
Universities UK concedes that it might ‘have not considered every possible angle’, as strike action continues