Pensions advice
Christopher Williams (THES, December 20) says academics must question how their pensions are invested. The Association of University Teachers raises this issue at Universities Superannuation Scheme...
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Pension speculation
Andrew Oswald invites us to believe that the Universities Superannuation Scheme could raise academic pensions from 50 per cent to 66.6 per cent of final salary if only the trustees ignore actuarial...
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Hundreds in line for windfall from USS
Hundreds of retired academics may get windfalls of up to 拢30,000 as the universities pensions scheme corrects an anomaly that went unnoticed for nine years. The Universities Superannuation Scheme is...
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Mervyn King is wrong to deny USS deficit
The former Bank of England governor鈥檚 broadside against academic pension cuts relied on 鈥榬eckless鈥 and 鈥榓bsurd鈥 assumptions, say John Ralfe and Bernard Casey
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Whistleblowing professor Jane Hutton fired from USS board
Pension fund chair says Warwick statistician had 鈥榖reached a number of her director鈥檚 duties鈥, but insists probe was 鈥榗ompletely separate鈥 to investigation of her claims
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A UK university strike now risks being futile and counterproductive
Avoiding layoffs is the issue of the hour. The聽UCU would do better to prioritise negotiations on pay-related issues such as workload, says聽Jak Peake
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Let鈥檚 defend pensions, not defined benefits
Converting the USS into a defined contributions scheme could give younger academics a bigger pension pot, argues David Voas聽
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The USS strikes revealed the management hierarchy in higher education
The autonomy, professional discretion and judgement once central to聽academic life聽is now looked on with deep scepticism by university managers, argues Peter Fleming
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Members should be on the USS's conscience
Andrew Oswald's Soapbox article last week calling on the Universities Supperannuation Scheme to increase members' pensions has attracted a flurry of support (Letters, opposite). Staff at universities...
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USS bonuses went up 拢4 million as final salary pension scheme axed
Bumper year for fund managers at the Universities Superannuation Scheme
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Russell Group 鈥榥ot immune鈥 as King鈥檚, Nottingham post deficits
King鈥檚 College London reported an operating deficit of聽拢19 million once the impact from pensions and donations are excluded
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Don鈥檛 be pound foolish over pensions
UK academics prize the USS pension. Sacrificing a scheme 鈥榠n rude health鈥 on the basis of overcautious calculations would cause more disaffection
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Hi-de-Hi finance: USS buys Butlin鈥檚 sites for 拢300 million
Academics鈥 pension fund聽adds famous holiday camps to growing portfolio of assets as it seeks to shore up finances post-pandemic
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USS must work for support staff
In the otherwise comprehensive report on the changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (鈥淒ays of reckoning鈥, Features, 12 March), there was no mention of some of the key issues facing the...
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Does the USS鈥 deficit recovery plan unfairly penalise younger academics?
Discussions about聽how the UK鈥檚 largest pension scheme covers its deficit聽ought to聽consider whether all employers and members should pay the same rate, argues Paul Hamilton