News in brief - 29 May 2014
IoE/UCL mergerAll done bar the due diligence?A merger of the Institute of Education and University College London is set to be completed by December after the institutions’ governing councils gave...
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No negotiation? No negotiators
UCU officers pull out of deadlocked pension meeting with employers. John Morgan reports
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Letter: Fractional Errors 2
H. C. S. Ferguson misunderstands (Letters, THES December 14). The possible changes to the USS on which I and some colleagues on its trustee board have consulted members, if implemented for any period...
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Vice-chancellors reject pay rise
Two university leaders forgo increases as tensions over staff wage offer continue
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Best University Workplace Survey 2015: results and analysis
The results show that most people in the sector enjoy their work and their colleagues, but some are happier than others
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Union to examine bosses' resolve
UCU plans further strike action in May to break deadlock over pensions. John Morgan writes
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Self-destructive tendencies (1 of 2)
Following the recent decision by delegates at the University and College Union congress to resume the "work-to-rule" action by staff on pensions, the employers have (entirely predictably) broken off...
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Class cancelled, there's a strike on
Pedagogy postponed as scholars and support staff join huge pension action. John Morgan writes
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Scottish ministers do the Highland mud-sling over UK split
Alistair Carmichael hits back at Michael Russell’s claims of xenophobia in Westminster
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̽»¨ÊÓƵ pay survey 2014
What’s behind the big rises for vice-chancellors? Plus, academic pay across the UK
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Your financial future may be at risk...
Employers say the USS pension scheme must change to prevent financial crisis and government intervention. The UCU argues that proposed changes go far beyond what is needed. Ahead of a showdown...
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Inimical ballot (2 of 2)
Jane Hardy claims to write in a personal capacity ("Pension protection", Letters, 26 January), yet she is standing at the forthcoming UCU national executive committee elections as a member of the...
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Obfuscatory measures
Tony Bruce of the Employers Pensions Forum (EPF) calls for "a rational debate" on the necessity for reforming the Universities Superannuation Scheme ("Debate, not threats", Letters, 10 June).The...
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Deficits threaten final-salary schemes for support staff
Universities seeking alternatives are accused of unfairness by unions, writes John Morgan
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UCU warns of future action's 'maximum impact'
The University and College Union has warned that it will step up industrial action for "maximum impact" on examinations and assessment if the employers do not return to the negotiating table on...