Candid Cantor
We should be grateful to Brian Cantor, chair of the Employers Pensions Forum, for coming clean about two things that we always suspected but our employers had previously denied ("In this climate, USS...
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Agony if cap doesn't fit
When it comes to the battle over USS reform, am I alone in having "reverse worries" about the three main issues? While a move from final-salary to career-average deals (albeit with adjusted accruals...
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Bad cure for good health
May I offer congratulations to the Universities Superannuation Scheme investment staff on their £40,000 bonus payments ("Bumper bonuses for USS staff reignite union anger", www.timeshighereducation....
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No negotiation? No negotiators
UCU officers pull out of deadlocked pension meeting with employers. John Morgan reports
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Best University Workplace Survey 2015: results and analysis
The results show that most people in the sector enjoy their work and their colleagues, but some are happier than others
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Debate, not threats
The University and College Union's response to Nicola Dandridge's article on the reform of the Universities Superannuation Scheme invites employers to begin talks "to help find a joint solution" to...
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UCU warns of future action's 'maximum impact'
The University and College Union has warned that it will step up industrial action for "maximum impact" on examinations and assessment if the employers do not return to the negotiating table on...
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The threat posed by accounting reforms
The changes will make sector results look worse than they are, warn Andrew Connolly and Clare Partridge
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The week in higher education
• How has the London Met visa ban played abroad? In short, terribly. "5,000 Pakistani students in UK face deportation in 60 days", screamed a Daily News headline on 31 August (the story mistakenly...
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UCU vote means 63 universities face strikes
Sixty-three of the UK’s most prestigious universities face strikes over changes to pensions after members of the University and College Union backed stoppages.
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One front not enough: let's fight a total war
Delegates vote for a summer of discontent over pay and pensions. John Morgan reports
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Inimical ballot (2 of 2)
Jane Hardy claims to write in a personal capacity ("Pension protection", Letters, 26 January), yet she is standing at the forthcoming UCU national executive committee elections as a member of the...
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Not unanimous, but united
The UCU is a democratic, future-facing endeavour proud to fight for both the one and the many, Sally Hunt affirms
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Deficits threaten final-salary schemes for support staff
Universities seeking alternatives are accused of unfairness by unions, writes John Morgan
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Leader: Discontent is currency for all ages
Reform of the sector's pension scheme may be essential, but no single option will please everyone - not least students