For better representation, what if universities paid staff’s union dues?
Employers might find it easier to reach agreement with a less politically skewed membership body, says an anonymous academic?
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Union calls 14-day strike in UK pay and pensions dispute
Walkouts to?escalate over February and March
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Final salary pensions to be axed for London support staff
Predicted ?310 million deficit prompts sweeping changes for non-academic personnel
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Pensions drop ?6 billion
University pension-scheme members have been told that their fund has lost ?30,000 per member since 2000, a total loss of ?6 billion. Peter Moon, chief investment officer at the Universities'...
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Pensions drop ?6 billion
University pension-scheme members have been told that their fund has lost ?30,000 per member since 2000, a total loss of ?6 billion. Peter Moon, chief investment officer at the Universities'...
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Fresh UK pension scheme talks ‘could avert further strikes’
UCU, employers and USS will discuss the ongoing pensions row, following series of recommendations from expert panel??
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Pension and National Insurance hikes to hit academics hard
Extra contributions are likely to cost many university staff more than ?1,000 a year, analysis shows
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Warwick staff call for action over pension fund
Staff assembly backs motion calling on management to block employers’ plan for USS
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UCU chief urges v-cs to speak out to avert UK pensions strike
Jo Grady says ‘a lot of’ university leaders want to strike a deal over contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme
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Fresh strike ballots at 13 UK universities over pay and pensions
Step comes as employers and union debate equality, casualisation and workload, without movement on pay offer
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UK union members back strike action over pay and pensions
About 1 million students set to be affected by walkout
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UK universities avoid more strikes as UCU ballot over pay fails
Union misses 50 per cent threshold for first time since holding sector-wide votes, leaving future of dispute in the balance
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UK academics have snapped – and not just over pensions
Casualisation and treating academics like feckless children who can’t be trusted have also taken their toll, says Sarah Colvin
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UUK criticises ‘excessive prudence’ behind pension reforms
The USS is being attacked from all sides over the methodology of its valuation and assumptions, claims UCU
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University staff back revised USS reform plan
Staff at pre-1992 universities have voted by two to one in favour of accepting plans to end the country’s largest private final salary pension scheme