UCU sets course for industrial action over pay and pensions
Union congress calls for resignation of USS chief executive and criticises Cambridge college’s decision to withdraw from scheme
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USS strike: global pensions crisis is now shaking ivory towers
Pensions industry must use academia’s knowledge to create more imaginative solutions to global pensions crisis, argues Lionel Martellini
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Cambridge’s Trinity faces union boycott after confirming USS exit
Academics may be asked not to apply for jobs, give lectures or conduct external examining at Trinity
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Birmingham v-c Sir David Eastwood announces retirement
Historian has held a series of senior roles across UK sector but also attracted criticism from grassroots staff over pay and pensions
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Half of USS members to take top-up pension
Most taking part in new scheme will withdraw their extra pension as cash, finds report
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UK university staff vote to strike over USS pension reforms
Fourteen days of strike action set to begin on 22 February if talks fail, affecting 61 universities
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UUK reforms ‘will cut USS pensions by up to 40 per cent’
Plans would ‘devastate’ members’ pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis
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USS pensions: how to fix the worst offer I’ve seen from an employer in 20 years
Sally Hunt offers three ways to fix the proposed USS pension reforms
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Mervyn King is wrong to deny USS deficit
The former Bank of England governor’s broadside against academic pension cuts relied on ‘reckless’ and ‘absurd’ assumptions, say John Ralfe and Bernard Casey
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USS strike: staff walkout is only way left to stop unnecessary pension cuts
Academics do not want to damage students' education but strike action is the only option left to protect pensions, says Sam Marsh
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Pension contributions set to rise as USS deficit hits £5 billion
Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals
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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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USS to revisit £7.5 billion deficit valuation
Pension scheme will re-run its valuation and consult universities on proposals to save defined benefits, although April’s cost increases will go ahead
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The USS strike and the winter of academics’ discontent
The protests against pensions reforms reflect not just self-interest but also anger about working conditions and a sense that universities are losing their way. Jack Grove explores how proposed...
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USS strike: long-term promise on employer contributions may break pensions impasse
Uncertainty over the future of 18 per cent contributions is hampering negotiations, argue Jon Forster, Graham Niblo and James Vickers