USS: index of anguish
In the debate over the level of the salary cap to be introduced into USS pensions, in which members would receive career revalued benefits (CRB) on up to 拢50,000 of their salary, little seems to have...
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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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Breaking the silence about the menopause
Like the rest of society, universities have largely failed to consider the specific needs of menopausal women. Here, one scholar describes how this can lead to marginalisation and bullying 鈥 and why...
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Stop investing in arms trade, university pension fund is told
The Universities Superannuation Scheme鈥檚 stake in former cluster bomb manufacturer Textron is an inappropriate use of savings, campaigners say
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False assumptions of the USS
Last week, the Employers Pension Forum published 鈥淧roposed Changes to USS 鈥 Myths, Misconceptions and Misunderstandings鈥. The document contains misinformation and a mistake. We focus on the section 鈥...
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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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The USS: fact and fiction
We write as representatives of the Left on the Higher Education Committee and other University and College Union activists who are utterly opposed to any retreat from defending members鈥 pensions. We...
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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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Real pension consequences
Perhaps, rather than being so keen to join in radically diminishing staff pensions, Universities UK might like to think more broadly and more long term about the unanticipated consequences of the...
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9 reasons to be cheerful about your pension
Economist Andrew Oswald counsels against despair over the Universities Superannuation Scheme reforms
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USS reforms: income gap widens on redbrick v post-92 pensions
UCU warns that academics at older universities could be up to 拢21,000 a year worse off in retirement than those at newer institutions
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Brexit turmoil 鈥榩ushes university pension deficit to 拢15 billion鈥
Plugging a multibillion-pound deficit exacerbated by June鈥檚 poll result may require 鈥榙rastic measures鈥, analysts have warned
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Views on pensions depend on principles
Re the proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (鈥淩eforms seen as 鈥榬adical attack鈥 on pensions鈥, News, 18聽September): in non-academic terms we are getting done over royally.This is...
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People of the year: who mattered in higher education in聽2019
Times Higher Education聽journalists name the academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months
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There's no need to panic over pensions
The Universities Superannuation Scheme is in deficit but has healthy assets, says Michael Bourn