Pension ‘oddity’ means ‘exceptionally large’ university deficits
Newcastle posts ?44 million deficit after one-off USS charge, but sector’s results expected to rebound next year
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Pension scheme contribution hikes are an own goal for government
Increasing the amount of money employers are expected to pay in to the Teachers Pension Scheme will harm the social mobility missions of post-92 institutions, says Greg Walker?
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Sustainable pensions, passionate debate 2
It is hard not to chuckle when reading that employers prefer a "narrative" consultation to one where votes for and against pension changes are actually counted ("Pensions powwow set to begin as union...
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USS deficit review ‘must enjoy confidence of sector or be doomed’
Universities UK to appoint panel to explore methodology and assumptions behind pension scheme’s ?6.1 billion deficit
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Sustainable pensions, passionate debate 1
Sally Hunt's article "Divided we fall" (7 October) fails to recognise that the proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme are the minimum required to ensure that an affordable,...
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Strike looms as universities seek end to USS defined benefit deal
University and College Union will ballot members on a national walkout over plans to move staff to defined contribution pension scheme
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Universities told to plough more money into pensions
Members' benefits may be cut because of the current credit crunch. Rebecca Attwood reports
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UCU to consider strike over jobs and pensions
Lecturers are to be asked to move towards national strike action over jobs and pensions, amid mounting anger about cuts that could result in "the implosion of the entire sector".The University and...
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USS strike: why aren’t more administrative staff on picket lines?
Don’t blame university support staff for not joining the strike over pensions – it is because too often they are left out of the conversation, says Fiona Whelan
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UK university pension fund aims for net zero
Universities Superannuation Scheme will develop ‘meaningful short-, medium- and long-term targets’ towards carbon neutrality
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UCU calls for work to contract over pensions
Academics are being asked by their union to work minimum hours in the first stage of fresh industrial action over pensions - potentially followed by strikes and a boycott of the research excellence...
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Letter: shrinking pensions could lead to recruitment disaster
We write as senior academics to express our concern about the proposal from Universities UK to end guaranteed pension payments in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“UUK reforms ‘will cut USS...
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Talks aim to create single pension
Discussions have opened to bring all academics into one pension scheme, possibly as early as the end of next year. Universities UK and the Department for Education and Skills are hoping to end one of...
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What next for UCU and Jo Grady after strike ballot failure?
With one dispute won but another floundering, some believe lack of strikes could actually benefit UK’s main academic union?in latest talks with employers, but others are preparing to try to unseat...
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When ethics wins the pension fund debate
Guy Hughes describes the staff campaign to force the Universities Superannuation Scheme to rethink where it invests its money The Universities Superannuation Scheme announced last week that it will...