Time to wrest control of our pension pots from politicians' grasp
As expectations of retirement income take a turn for the worse, Andrew Oswald offers a few ideas for reversing the trend
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Union threatens 14 more days of strike action in pensions dispute
Further walkouts would target exam period between April and June
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Union tables new proposals in bid to resolve pensions dispute
Talks at mediation service Acas planned as strike action at UK universities enters fifth day
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Disquiet grows over motives behind pension overhaul
Employers' forum raised possibility of slashing contributions to 10 per cent. John Morgan reports
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Disquiet grows over motives behind pension overhaul
Employers' forum raised possibility of slashing contributions to 10 per cent. John Morgan reports
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Disquiet grows over motives behind pension overhaul
Employers' forum raised possibility of slashing contributions to 10 per cent. John Morgan reports
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Change attitudes to avoid pensions bust-up
Sally Hunt explains why employers must change their ‘counterproductive’ attitudes towards risk to avoid further cuts to academic pensions
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Oxbridge ballots give resounding rebuff to employers’ USS proposals
Pensions ballots at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge saw more than 80 per cent of the staff members who voted rejecting the employers’ plans to cut benefits in the Universities Superannuation...
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Pensions strike ‘poisons relations’ on UK campuses
USS dispute has also revealed deep divides among vice-chancellors on way forward for the sector, experts say
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‘New era of partnership’ needed after pensions strike, say unions
Branches call for return to?collegiality from senior management to avoid repeat of industrial action
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Warning sounded on final-salary pensions
A career-average deal is one option under review by USS to cut costs. John Morgan reports
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Reform USS or lose government cash, EPF says
Employers have claimed that the government will cut higher education's funding grant unless payments into the sector's largest pension scheme are reduced, as they stepped up their public relations...
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UCU to hold strike ballot over jobs and pensions
Members of higher education's biggest union will vote on whether to strike over jobs and pensions in the new year, unless concessions are made by employers.A motion to hold "separate but parallel"...
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UK universities avoid more strikes as UCU ballot over pay fails
Union misses 50 per cent threshold for first time since holding sector-wide votes, leaving future of dispute in the balance
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Trustees order revisions to employers’ pension reforms
The trustees of higher education’s biggest pension scheme have ordered changes to the employers’ plans for reform – but the University and College Union will press ahead with a strike ballot.