Pension cost rise looming for universities
University pension costs rose slightly last year, but may increase significantly in 2016 as major reforms take effect, according to pension experts.
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UCU sets course for industrial action over pay and pensions
Union聽congress calls for resignation of USS chief executive and criticises Cambridge college鈥檚 decision to withdraw from scheme
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UCU plans ballots for pre-Christmas strikes over pay and pensions
Union members at 152 UK institutions asked to walk out for fourth time in little over three years
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Pensions: preempt the Treasury
Managers of the Univer-sities Superannuation Scheme were right to err on the side of caution in estimating a decade or two ago how well investments would fare to pay staff pensions ("Richer than you...
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Letter: Pensions calculator
The Association of University Teachers thinks that changing the Universities Superannuation Scheme could assist in recruiting and keeping lecturers, principally by substituting 1/60th for 1/80th of...
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USS strike: why aren鈥檛 more administrative staff on picket lines?
Don鈥檛 blame university support staff for not joining the strike over pensions 鈥 it is because too often they are left out of the conversation, says Fiona Whelan
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Pension penalty clause
In January 1994 I took up a new lecturing appointment with an "old" university and applied to join the Universities Superannuation Scheme. Previously I was employed by a "new" university (formerly...
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UCU rejected lower pension contributions over strike moratorium
Union brands inclusion of two-year bar on walkouts in compromise offer 鈥榣udicrous鈥
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Let's put this pension plan out to grass
LATER this year the government intends to issue a green paper on stakeholder pensions. Earlier this year the Association of University Teachers drew attention to the level of stress among university...
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The week in higher education 鈥 1 August 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Scholar spots risky business in USS investments
The "high-risk" investment strategy pursued by the Universities Superannuation Scheme has been a bigger problem for pensions than rising life expectancy, an academic has claimed.
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UCU Left defiant on pension deal
Letter urges university staff to reject new pensions offer and renew strike action, despite warnings that success is unlikely
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Unions call for national ballot on USS changes
Employers and trade unions are again at odds over higher education's biggest pension scheme, this time disagreeing about a consultation with members on major changes.The consultation, a statutory...
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Now is the time to call pensions conference
We are dismayed to see that the University and College Union has proposed a career revalued benefits scheme for pensions that, if accepted, would considerably worsen our terms and conditions of...
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Hefce warning over overseas students and pensions
Slowing growth in international student numbers could have 鈥渁 material impact on the sector鈥, while a financial blow from pensions could be looming.