Union clash looms as employersā pension plans revealed
Employers propose scrapping final salary scheme to cut USS deficit
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UK university staff to vote on strike action in pay dispute
Ballot follows walkouts over pensions earlier this year
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UCU members back strike action over pensions reform
Union members have overwhelmingly backed plans for industrial action over changes to pensions
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Academics feel besieged and aggrieved
Academics see the OfS, like the changes in USS pensions, as another attack on them and the cherished compensations of their profession
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UCU congress: how not to turn victory into defeat
The University and College Union mustnātĀ let infighting tarnish itsĀ success in theĀ USS dispute and a boom in membership, says Adam OzanneĀ
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Pension plans would cost staff ātens of thousandsā, says union
University staff would see ātens of thousands of pounds a year wiped off their pensionsā if Universities UK plans for change are introduced.
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Lecturers to press USS on ethics of pensions
Lecturers will raise concerns over ethical investment of pension funds at next week's annual institutions meeting of the Universities' Superannuation Scheme. Alan Carling, past president of the...
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Careful, claimants
While the result of the University and College Union pensions ballot was awaited, the Office for Students published on its website āGuidance for students affected by recent industrial action in...
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Battle for control of pensions looms
Fury as chair suggests employers could question UCU's involvement in the USS. John Morgan writes
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Shortfall short shrift
There is no āfinancial shortfallā in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (āStrike looms as universities seek end to USS defined benefit dealā, News, 17 November). What we have is a ludicrous...
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UCU leader pleads for unity amid resignation calls
University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt faces demands to stand down over her handling of the pensions strike
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Deficit puts pension scheme in jeopardy
Experts predict 'unsustainable' USS fund will close within 10 years. Jack Grove reports
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A long, hot autumn for UK higher education
The mercury has fallen, but an alarming number of issues threaten to ignite and, potentially, give the UK sector some painful burns
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Pension tensions (1 of 3)
In "Candid Cantor" (Letters, 31 March), Daniel Vulliamy misreads Brian Cantor's letter of 17 March on the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quotes him out of context. As Cantor points out, the...