Casting vote seals USS reform
Higher education employers have won their battle to cut benefits in the sector’s main pension scheme, raising the prospect of further industrial action.The University and College Union’s negotiators...
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UCU leaders derided over ‘missed’ chance for better pensions deal
Left impugns tactics in Universities Superannuation Scheme dispute but negotiators claim improvements were achieved
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Deadlock over pension reform
Final-salary deals still in balance as employers and unions fail to agree. John Morgan reports
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London lecturers strike over pensions
Lecturers from post-1992 universities in London are joining school teachers in a walk-out to protest against changes to their pensions.
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Factions must not be allowed to take over
We are long-time trade union activists with several decades of commitment to trade unionism who have served the University and College Union, its predecessor unions and others at all levels. We were...
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Best supporting actors each and every one
While I agree with Fiona Whelan on the importance of university support staff to institutions, and concur that universities could do more to appreciate them, IÂ have to disagree with the comments...
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Research funders urged to extend deadlines as strikes continue
Staff at 65 UK higher education institutions are entering their fourth week of strike action
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War possible as USS battle is lost
UCU to ballot over 'seriously disruptive action' as employers get their way. John Morgan reports
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UCU plans fresh strikes over USS
Union bid to expose hard-line v-cs who refuse to call for talks on pensions, writes John Morgan
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The place of unions in the academy
From the largest strike in the history of UK higher education, to the US ‘academic precariat’ looking to unionise to improve their conditions, Jack Grove assesses the changing influence of workers’...
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UCL inquiry to put ‘academic values back at centre of governance’
Academic board votes for governance commission after lecturers’ campaign
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Sustainable pensions, passionate debate 3
The overwhelming rejection of proposed changes to the USS by scheme members in the UCU is not surprising. The biggest change would be the introduction of a two-tier system, in which a career-average...
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Universities face extra costs in pension funding
The sector's main pension fund is likely to be judged as having a £2.9 billion deficit, potentially requiring an injection of funds from universities and damaging the case for the University and...
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Scholar spots risky business in USS investments
The "high-risk" investment strategy pursued by the Universities Superannuation Scheme has been a bigger problem for pensions than rising life expectancy, an academic has claimed.