The week in higher education 鈥 17聽October 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Victory for the UCU requires a unified front
In the wake Sally Hunt鈥檚 resignation and pay ballot turnout, the UK鈥檚 University and College Union needs to come together to discuss its long-term strategy, says Matt Waddup聽
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People of the year: who mattered in higher education in聽2019
探花视频聽journalists name the academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months
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UCU general secretary candidates lay out their visions
The three people vying to be the next聽leader of the UK鈥檚 University and College Union explain in their own words what they鈥檒l do if elected
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Phantom deficit
While negotiations over the future of the Universities Superannuation Scheme continue, our research shows that the USS is more likely to be in surplus than in deficit. As pointed out by the Pensions...
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The week in higher education 鈥 27聽June 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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UCU: when the branches and the centre are brave
The UCU is in a unique position of strength and reflection聽鈥 the low turnout for the pay dispute ballot doesn't change that, says Michael Carley聽
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UCU needs 鈥榟onest conversation鈥 about low turnout in strike ballot
Failure to reach 50 per cent turnout threshold on pay ballot and聽exit of leader Sally Hunt must open the door for debate on future, union leaders agree
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The week in higher education 鈥 29 November 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Valuation vexation
In 鈥淯SS strike: why I聽won鈥檛 join the pensions strike鈥 (Opinion, 28 March), Nick Foster argues that the case for pensions reform cannot be ignored. He cites a recent Green Paper,聽Security and...
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Shortfall short shrift
There is no 鈥渇inancial shortfall鈥 in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (鈥淪trike looms as universities seek end to USS defined benefit deal鈥, News, 17 November). What we have is a ludicrous...
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Letters 鈥 13 September 2018
Guesstimates won鈥檛 do for loans, either It was great to read a clear assessment of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (鈥淗ow can the pension crisis be resolved?鈥, Features, 6 September). But I...
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探花视频鈥檚 most-read articles of 2018
2018 was marked by strikes, pay scandals and the launch of the world鈥檚 first blockchain university
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UK university staff to vote on strike action in pay dispute
Ballot follows walkouts over pensions earlier this year