USS strike: social media has collapsed the case for pension cuts
Academic sleuths have used investigative skills and Twitter to tell the real story behind proposed pension cuts, says Sherrill Stroschein

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

Jane Hutton says that pension fund is trying to deny her 鈥榳histleblower鈥 status

Majority say they will support their lecturer if they walk out, but two-thirds concerned about impact on education

Union sets out timetable for ballots over industrial action in relation to the pay and USS pension disputes

Industrial action is set to begin with a two-day walkout on 22 and 23 February, affecting 61 universities聽

Current approach is 鈥榦verly restrictive鈥 and does 鈥榥ot appear appropriate for an open, strong scheme鈥

Anthony Forster criticises failure of negotiators to 鈥榚mbrace principled compromise鈥

Warwick statistician Jane Hutton attacks lack of transparency over her dismissal from board of Universities Superannuation Scheme

Additional contribution from staff combined with 2 per cent extra from employers would be enough to keep current USS pension scheme, say experts

Strikes threaten to spill into the new year, as little progress made in聽dispute

UK academics prize the USS pension. Sacrificing a scheme 鈥榠n rude health鈥 on the basis of overcautious calculations would cause more disaffection
In his article 鈥淯SS strike: we can鈥檛 ignore reality of our deficit, says pensions boss鈥 (Opinion, 19 March, www.timeshighereducation.com), Bill Galvin, the chief executive of the Universities...

Huge deficits emerge as universities start to publish 2018-19 accounts 鈥 but impact will be reversed next year

Walkouts to聽escalate over February and March