UK union members back strike action over pay and pensions
About 1 million students set to be affected by walkout
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Whistleblowing professor Jane Hutton fired from USS board
Pension fund chair says Warwick statistician had ‘breached a number of her director’s duties’, but insists probe was ‘completely separate’ to investigation of her claims
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USS strike: global pensions crisis is now shaking ivory towers
Pensions industry must use academia’s knowledge to create more imaginative solutions to global pensions crisis, argues Lionel Martellini
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UCU rejected lower pension contributions over strike moratorium
Union brands inclusion of two-year bar on walkouts in compromise offer ‘ludicrous’
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Half of USS members to take top-up pension
Most taking part in new scheme will withdraw their extra pension as cash, finds report
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UCU sets course for industrial action over pay and pensions
Union congress calls for resignation of USS chief executive and criticises Cambridge college’s decision to withdraw from scheme
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UCU chief urges v-cs to speak out to avert UK pensions strike
Jo Grady says ‘a lot of’ university leaders want to strike a deal over contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme
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UK university staff vote to strike over USS pension reforms
Fourteen days of strike action set to begin on 22 February if talks fail, affecting 61 universities
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Cambridge’s Trinity faces union boycott after confirming USS exit
Academics may be asked not to apply for jobs, give lectures or conduct external examining at Trinity
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UUK reforms ‘will cut USS pensions by up to 40 per cent’
Plans would ‘devastate’ members’ pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis
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USS pensions: how to fix the worst offer I’ve seen from an employer in 20 years
Sally Hunt offers three ways to fix the proposed USS pension reforms
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Birmingham v-c Sir David Eastwood announces retirement
Historian has held a series of senior roles across UK sector but also attracted criticism from grassroots staff over pay and pensions
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USS strike: staff walkout is only way left to stop unnecessary pension cuts
Academics do not want to damage students' education but strike action is the only option left to protect pensions, says Sam Marsh
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Mervyn King is wrong to deny USS deficit
The former Bank of England governor’s broadside against academic pension cuts relied on ‘reckless’ and ‘absurd’ assumptions, say John Ralfe and Bernard Casey
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Pension contributions set to rise as USS deficit hits £5 billion
Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals