Pensions ballots at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge saw more than 80 per cent of the staff members who voted rejecting the employers¡¯ plans to cut benefits in the Universities Superannuation...
Employers have claimed that the government will cut higher education's funding grant unless payments into the sector's largest pension scheme are reduced, as they stepped up their public relations...
The trustees of higher education¡¯s biggest pension scheme have ordered changes to the employers¡¯ plans for reform ¨C but the University and College Union will press ahead with a strike ballot.
Institutions are removing content that has not been covered because of missed classes but are adamant that standards will not be lowered
More than 600 academics record resignation in online document
The Universities Superannuation Scheme had more than enough assets to pay for current and former members' pensions as of 31 March 2008, the scheme's valuation report, due out this month, will say.But...
Campaigners lobby pension fund to pull cash from controversial Indian scheme, John Morgan writes
Market shocks caused by Brexit vote may have implications for sector¡¯s largest pension scheme
UCU leadership criticised for making ¡®unilateral¡¯ decisions as academics scramble to get back to work
Academics joining old universities could see their retirement age rise above 65 as the Universities Superannuation Scheme launches a major consultation exercise to meet increased pension costs. The...
Protests by West Ham fans have striking similarities with the unrest sparked among academics by proposed pension cuts, says Richard Watermeyer
The reawakening of political activism within academia sparked by the pensions strike will reinvigorate scholarship, says Jana Bacevic
Jo Grady¡¯s more gradualist approach to industrial action offers better prospects for success, say Jak Peake and Adam Ozanne
John Mitchell (Letters, THES, April 28) seemingly thinks research grant-holders, rather than universities, are "employers" of those whose salaries are funded by the grant. The Association of...
When it comes to academics' highly regarded pension arrangements, the status quo is not an option, according to Bill Wakeham, chair of the Employers' Pensions Forum, writes Melanie Newman. "An ageing...