Pension scheme 'fully funded', valuation finds
The Universities Superannuation Scheme had more than enough assets to pay for current and former members' pensions as of 31 March 2008, the scheme's valuation report, due out this month, will say.But...
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Pension schemes brought into line
New TPS entrants will retire at 65 in post-92 institutions. Claire Sanders reports. The pension age for academics starting their careers in new universities is now 65, bringing them into line with...
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Pension speculation
In providing a maximum pension of half of one's final salary, plus a tax-free lump of three times salary, the USS is providing benefits that are broadly equivalent to a pension of two-thirds of...
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Employers and UCU to reconvene pension talks following ‘work to rule’ action
Employers have agreed to hold fresh talks with the University and College Union over the sector’s biggest pension fund, following the start of industrial action.
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USS faces ethical dilemma over strip-mining operation
Campaigners lobby pension fund to pull cash from controversial Indian scheme, John Morgan writes
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#DearSam: UK HE sector tells new minister Sam Gyimah what his priorities should be
Chris Parr looks at the issues that THE's Twitter followers think the new universities minister should be tackling
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Do the maths to solve pensions time-bomb 2
Regretfully, many staff in higher education have already witnessed the end of final-salary pension schemes ("Warning sounded on final-salary pensions", 7 January).Institutions such as the...
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Do the maths to solve pensions time-bomb 3
It is important to clarify a number of points as the predictable scaremongering about the USS pension scheme appears to be increasing. First, such scaremongering is unhelpful. The University and...
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Pension chief pockets £50k bonus, as higher education staff face cuts to benefits
The sector’s biggest pension fund gave its chief executive a £50,000 bonus in a year when lecturers went on strike over cuts to their benefits, it has emerged.
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Changes in future accrual rates may shrink public-sector pensions
The government has yet to take "the crucial step" in setting the value of public-sector pensions covering up to 200,000 staff in former polytechnics, according to an academic who advised a government...
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Pension speculation
Andrew Oswald invites us to believe that the Universities Superannuation Scheme could raise academic pensions from 50 per cent to 66.6 per cent of final salary if only the trustees ignore actuarial...
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UCU set for 'greatest industrial dispute' over job security and pensions
The University and College Union has taken a step towards national strike action over job security - and is also threatening to launch the "greatest industrial dispute" ever in higher education if...
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UUK's two-tier pension bid is justly unpopular 2
Nicola Dandridge's argument for changing the Universities Superannuation Scheme elides the fundamental moral difference between university managers and the University and College Union. The proposal...
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University financial health check 2017: future prospects?
UK universities face uncertainty over the impact of Brexit and the TEF, the future for tuition fees and a pensions deficit. Which institutions have the financial clout and diversified portfolios to...
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Levelling the pensions field
Keele University could become the first university to bring its academic-related staff into the Universities Superannuation Scheme, under rule changes announced by the USS in March. A spokesman for...