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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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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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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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...
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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...
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Today's news
Graduate flood 'will lead to crisis over jobs' The massive expansion of universities is turning degrees into "lottery tickets" that offer graduates no guarantee of a good job, the Government has been...
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Survival tactics
Geoffrey Talbot examines the pros and cons of opting out of occupational pension schemes. When your vice chancellor chooses to opt out into a personal pension, start worrying. Presently, managers and...
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Rich should get less funding, says union
Rich universities' assets and private incomes should be taken into account when handing out public money, lecturers' union Natfhe said this week. The move would help close a funding gap in which the...
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Class of 63 in mass campus exodus
ACADEMICS are retiring in droves while student numbers are rising, it emerged this week. Latest figures from the ÌÇÐÄVlog Statistical Agency show the number of posts falling vacant as a...
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Help firms to open up
Universities should teach future captains of industry how to act ethically, says Carol Adams. As business has become internationalised and multinationals have grown to sizes unimaginable a few...
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How to nurture a nest egg
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. In the university business...