Calculating the pensions pay-off
It is worth examining what befell many who retired with benefits from the Federated Superannuation Scheme for Universities. This was a defined-contribution scheme that was the forerunner of the USS....
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Top-up pensions contributions
Perhaps it is time for a radical rethink of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (THES, April 18, 21, 28), one that embraces both the concerns of USS chief executive David Chynoweth about stability...
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Calculating the pensions pay-off
The USS offers a low-cost, totally risk-free, index-linked income in retirement - plus additional death in service benefits, dependants' pensions and ill-health provision. It can offer these benefits...
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Calculating the pensions pay-off
As an Association of University Teachers-appointed director of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, I have followed with interest recent exchanges in The THES on pensions. Sarah Oates (Letters,...
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What will the end of final-salary pensions mean for academics?
As a consultation launches, employees consider the impact of the USS reforms
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Lecturers' pension proposal could encourage new blood
Proposed improvements to the lecturers' pension scheme could stave off the looming recruitment and retention crisis, the Association of University Teachers believes. Trustees of the Universities...
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UCU split on plans to call ¡®indefinite strike¡¯ from February
Union leader Jo Grady?distances herself from higher education committee decision as key pay negotiations begin
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Top-up pensions contributions
Andrew Oswald ("Richer than you thought", THES, April 14; "The pension millionaire game", April 28) has shown how niggardly our pension providers can be. What is especially galling to those of us who...
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Pension plans would cost staff ¡®tens of thousands¡¯, says union
University staff would see ¡°tens of thousands of pounds a year wiped off their pensions¡± if Universities UK plans for change are introduced.
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V-cs make new offer to end UK university pensions dispute
Revised deal would set up expert panel to advise on ¡®future joint approach¡¯, and aim to protect defined benefits
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Should vice-chancellors¡¯ pay be reduced if academics go on strike?
Mechanisms to determine university leaders¡¯ salaries are opaque and unreliable. We need more meaningful metrics, says Adrian Furnham
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University lecturers to boycott marking over pensions row
Staff at older universities will begin a marking boycott next week in a row over pension changes
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Better pay deal possible as coffers swell, insist striking staff
On the picket lines in Cambridge, union members insist this year¡¯s 3 per cent rise is nowhere near enough to contend with spiralling living costs
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Employers trying to make workers poorer, Lynch tells UCU strikers
RMT general secretary joins university staff in London rally on third day of sector-wide strike action
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UCU pledges strikes on ¡®scale never seen before¡¯ as dates named
Around 70,000 members at 150 UK universities set to walk out in disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions