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 countryās largest private final salary pension scheme

Staff at pre-1992 universities have voted by two to one in favour of accepting plans to end the countryās largest private final salary pension scheme

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In āUSS strike: why IĀ wonāt join the pensions strikeā (Opinion, 28 March), Nick Foster argues that the case for pensions reform cannot be ignored. He cites a recent Green Paper,Ā Security and...
Slowing growth in international student numbers could have āa material impact on the sectorā, while a financial blow from pensions could be looming.

The USS is being attacked from all sides over the methodology of its valuation and assumptions, claims UCU

Ballot follows walkouts over pensions earlier this year

Employers also release new modelling of pensions proposals

The Universities Superannuation Scheme has more than Ā£466Ā million invested in banking giant HSBC, according to data from the pension schemeās latest financial report
We have been told that the Universities Superannuation Scheme's deficit has grown so large in the past year as to threaten its survival ("Deficit puts pension scheme in jeopardy", News, 13 September...

The University and College Union mustnātĀ let infighting tarnish itsĀ success in theĀ USS dispute and a boom in membership, says Adam OzanneĀ

Academics see the OfS, like the changes in USS pensions, as another attack on them and the cherished compensations of their profession

Ten branches demand sector conference as union fails to escalate industrial action in response to pay docking threats in marking boycott

Higher pay for top researchers may have caused the end of final salary scheme. Jack Grove writes