The week in higher education 鈥 29 November 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Final salary pensions to be axed for London support staff
Predicted 拢310 million deficit prompts sweeping changes for non-academic personnel
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Marking boycott over USS reform suspended
Industrial action called over the reforms to pre-1992 university pensions has been suspended.
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The week in higher education 鈥 27聽June 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Warning of a 鈥榳inter of discontent鈥 over university pensions
Institutions told that UCU members are prepared to 鈥榙ig in鈥 on pensions reform ahead of November marking boycott at 69 campuses
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Pensions, not politics
As a delegate to the University and College Union congress from the branch that moved the "work-to-contract" motion for staff in the Universities Superannuation Scheme, I would like to address some...
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Warwick staff call for action over pension fund
Staff assembly backs motion calling on management to block employers鈥 plan for USS
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UCU Left defiant on pension deal
Letter urges university staff to reject new pensions offer and renew strike action, despite warnings that success is unlikely
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Times Higher Education鈥檚 most-read articles of 2018
2018 was marked by strikes, pay scandals and the launch of the world鈥檚 first blockchain university
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What will the end of final-salary pensions mean for academics?
As a consultation launches, employees consider the impact of the USS reforms
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UUK data 'misleading' over the impact of USS reform
Oxford criticises figures given to universities illustrating the impact of future cuts amid calls for independent modelling
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Now is the time to call pensions conference
We are dismayed to see that the University and College Union has proposed a career revalued benefits scheme for pensions that, if accepted, would considerably worsen our terms and conditions of...
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Letters 鈥 13 September 2018
Guesstimates won鈥檛 do for loans, either It was great to read a clear assessment of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (鈥淗ow can the pension crisis be resolved?鈥, Features, 6 September). But I...
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University lecturers to boycott marking over pensions row
Staff at older universities will begin a marking boycott next week in a row over pension changes