UUK reforms ‘will cut USS pensions by up to 40 per cent’
Plans would ‘devastate’ members’ pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis
Plans would ‘devastate’ members’ pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis
Northumbria leaders say modern universities will be forced to rein in pay rises if they are compelled to offer expensive?Teachers’ Pension Scheme to academics
Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals
Improving benefits and lowering contributions must not mitigate against the pension scheme’s ability to better ride out future storms, says?Kate Barker
‘Too early’ to say if employer and employee contributions will have to be increased again, says chief executive
Most taking part in new scheme will withdraw their extra pension as cash, finds report
UCU claims ‘huge’ support but employers’ association reports ‘low levels’ of disruption
Rising liabilities may again focus attention on whether?Universities Superannuation Scheme assumptions are ‘unreasonably pessimistic’
Avoiding layoffs is the issue of the hour. The?UCU would do better to prioritise negotiations on pay-related issues such as workload, says?Jak Peake
University staff will not resume a marking boycott this week after employers put forward amended plans to reform the sector’s biggest pension scheme
Our Best University Workplace Survey 2015 shows disparate opinions on the need for changes
King’s College London reported an operating deficit of??19 million once the impact from pensions and donations are excluded
Amid another round of strikes, the pension scheme chair’s assertion that changes are unavoidable cannot stand unchallenged, says Neil Davies
Staff contributions will need to increase by a third to clear a multi-billion pound deficit in the sector’s main pension fund, a new analysis says.
In letter to vice-chancellors, Universities UK says it is ‘disappointed’ sector’s biggest pension fund will not conduct a review of controversial valuation