Is it time to break up the USS?
Higher Education Policy Institute director Nick Hillman assesses the history of UK academia’s main pension scheme to ask whether it needs fundamental reform
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UK universities to consult on changing USS pension benefits
In letter to vice-chancellors, Universities UK says it is ‘disappointed’ sector’s biggest pension fund will not conduct a review of controversial valuation
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UK universities fear more strikes as USS pensions crisis deepens
‘Unaffordable’ contribution increases proposed by Universities Superannuation Scheme mean member benefits may be up for debate once more
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University pension warning as USS deficit grows
Staff contributions will need to increase by a third to clear a multi-billion pound deficit in the sector’s main pension fund, a new analysis says.
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USS: v-cs push through UK university pension cuts despite strikes
Dispute over future of Universities Superannuation Scheme far from over, says union
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USS’ straw man
In his article “USS strike: we can’t ignore reality of our deficit, says pensions boss” (Opinion, 19 March, www.timeshighereducation.com), Bill Galvin, the chief executive of the Universities...
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The Charybdis at the centre of the USS
As others have pointed out in these pages, recent reporting on the health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme pension fund has been alarmist and misleading (“Estimates may vary”, Letters, 10...
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There is no silver bullet in the UK’s pension dispute
The latest USS valuation may have been conducted amid crashing markets, but there is no escaping the need for changes, says Kate Barker
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Union clashes with managers on turnout as USS strikes resume
UCU claims ‘huge’ support but employers’ association reports ‘low levels’ of disruption
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Don’t be pound foolish over pensions
UK academics prize the USS pension. Sacrificing a scheme ‘in rude health’ on the basis of overcautious calculations would cause more disaffection
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Is there really a black hole in the USS? It depends on your assumptions
Amid another round of strikes, the pension scheme chair’s assertion that changes are unavoidable cannot stand unchallenged, says Neil Davies
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How solemn is the USS’ league of?covenanters?
Members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme are about to vote on whether to lock in current members. But this might not be enough to safeguard the scheme’s solvency, says Bernard Casey
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USS chief executive Bill Galvin to step down next year
Head of UK higher education’s biggest pension scheme to depart once successor is appointed
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The week in higher education – 1 August 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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USS pension changes ‘leave typical academics ?240K worse off’
Average members set to get ?18,200 a year in retirement under latest changes, compared with ?23,800 under pre-2011 scheme