Jumping from the TPS to USS is not a choice we should be asked to make
Northumbria’s novel cost-cutting scheme is no better than the subsidiary arrangements others are using to avoid pension obligations, says Jon Bryan

Northumbria’s novel cost-cutting scheme is no better than the subsidiary arrangements others are using to avoid pension obligations, says Jon Bryan

Northumbria’s move to encourage staff on to USS is not about saving costs. It will allow pay to keep up with other research-intensives, says Andy Long

University increases size of payout and extends deadline as it insists more staff will take up offer to move pensions after union describes scheme as ‘abject failure’
Union wins industrial action ballot over move to freeze pay for those who refuse Teachers’ Pension Scheme switch

Staff at Strathclyde and Durham vote to walk out in disputes over job losses and workloads, while Northumbria to be hit with disruption in row over pensions