Conflicting interests in the grey market
The Universities Superannuation Scheme has a surplus of 8 per cent - Pounds 1.44 billion. Of this, Pounds 201 million will go to improve member benefits and Pounds 561.3 million has gone to lower the...
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Surplus spending
If the Universities Superannuation Scheme is looking for a way to spend some of its (our?) surplus sensibly ("Conflicting interests in the grey market", THES June 9), then employing a few more staff...
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Pay packets of excellence
It's been a good year. In 2007-08, academic pay rose more rapidly than the national average. Vice-chancellors took home the big money, but thanks to the credit crunch, this year may be the high-water...
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V-c pay survey: Pay-out leaves staff up in arms
Academics at Edinburgh University are demanding an independent inquiry into pension payments of almost £130,000 to Lord Sutherland, who stepped down from the Edinburgh principal-ship in 2002. The...
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V-c pay survey: Pay-out leaves staff up in arms
Academics at Edinburgh University are demanding an independent inquiry into pension payments of almost £130,000 to Lord Sutherland, who stepped down from the Edinburgh principal-ship in 2002. The...
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Letter: Fractional errors 1
The short answer to Dick Leigh's letter ( THES , December 21/28) is that the Teachers' Superannuation Scheme is written with age 60 as the normal retirement age whereas the Universities...
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Striking, sanctions and the battle of statistics
The Times Higher advice panel answers readers' questions on pay docking, pensions and a host of other concerns relating to the industrial dispute If I have taken part in strike action, does it affect...
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Avoiding future shock
Pensions in higher and further education are undergoing their biggest reforms in 20 years. Harriet Swain reports. Tomorrow's academic OAPs will retire into a new pensions world thanks to a thorough...
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Why I...
... believe ethically responsible investment will benefit academic pensions David Chynoweth Chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, which has assets of nearly Pounds 20 billion....
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Richer than you thought
Andrew Oswald bets you didn't know you could retire on two-thirds of your salary instead of half. Would you like to retire on two-thirds of your salary or just half? It is a tough one. If you are...
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Whistleblowers: AUT attacks new Hefce chief's record
Union leaders attacked Sir Howard Newby's record on equal opportunities this week as he prepared to take up his post as chief executive of the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England. The...
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The binary line that divides the old and new
THES reporters unravel the tangle of pension options facing staff three years after the reorganisation of higher education and examine the barriers to a unified system. Although it is three years...
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Vice chancellors' pay
The publication of the league table listing vice chancellors' salaries (THES, March 24) is a reflection of the public expectation of openness about pay for the most senior people in both the public...
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Colleges exposed as arms investors
Universities have emerged as major investors in the arms trade in a "name and shame" campaign by a human rights pressure group. Some 49 educational organisations, including universities and...
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Today's news
British undergraduates will be a minority at Oxford Oxford University's governing council has drawn up strategy documents that would recast the institution along the lines of an US-style Ivy League...