USS guesswork
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...
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We are unionist but we won’t be striking this time
Striking again would rob students of vital lecture time and damage the progress we’ve made through bargaining, says one anonymous UCU member
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Union tables new proposals in bid to resolve pensions dispute
Talks at mediation service Acas planned as strike action at UK universities enters fifth day
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USS reforms
UUK’s proposed hybrid scheme could result in losses of £20,000 a year
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The USS strikes revealed the management hierarchy in higher education
The autonomy, professional discretion and judgement once central to academic life is now looked on with deep scepticism by university managers, argues Peter Fleming
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Union threatens 14 more days of strike action in pensions dispute
Further walkouts would target exam period between April and June
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UCU announces eight days of strikes, starting late November
Staff will walk out at 60 universities starting from 25 November
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New USS pension reform plans to be put to union vote
University staff will not resume a marking boycott this week after employers put forward amended plans to reform the sector’s biggest pension scheme
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‘New era of partnership’ needed after pensions strike, say unions
Branches call for return to collegiality from senior management to avoid repeat of industrial action
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UK’s top-paid vice-chancellors earn more from sector pension fund
Sir David Eastwood earns £90,000 as USS chair, while Dame Glynis Breakwell gets £50,000
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USS deficit rises despite savings from end of final salary pensions
Rising liabilities may again focus attention on whether Universities Superannuation Scheme assumptions are ‘unreasonably pessimistic’
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THE survey reveals university staff split on USS pensions reform
Our Best University Workplace Survey 2015 shows disparate opinions on the need for changes
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Strike looms as universities seek end to USS defined benefit deal
University and College Union will ballot members on a national walkout over plans to move staff to defined contribution pension scheme
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Universities split over pay deductions for action short of strike
Ucea chair’s institution among those to decide against withholding salaries
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Union unrest opens new front in UK university pensions dispute
Growing discontent among University and College Union members about leaders’ handling of negotiations