Is it time to break up the USS?
Higher Education Policy Institute director Nick Hillman assesses the history of UK academia＊s main pension scheme to ask whether it needs fundamental reform
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USS strike: we can＊t ignore reality of our deficit, says pensions boss
Bill Galvin, chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, tackles some of the ＆misunderstandings＊ about the fund＊s approach to its valuation
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USS strike: social media has collapsed the case for pension cuts
Academic sleuths have used investigative skills and Twitter to tell the real story behind proposed pension cuts, says Sherrill Stroschein
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USS strike: we need an honest debate about pension ＆facts＊
Pension cuts have been presented as a matter-of-fact and inevitable response to an enormous deficit, but this position has started to unravel, says Jan Machielsen
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Employers strike deal with UCU leaders in USS pension talks
Agreement raises hopes that strike action could be suspended later this week
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USS strike: global pensions crisis is now shaking ivory towers
Pensions industry must use academia＊s knowledge to create more imaginative solutions to global pensions crisis, argues Lionel Martellini
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USS strike: is it time to nationalise university pensions?
Warwick's vice-chancellor Stuart Croft explains how radical government action might help to avert the pensions strike affecting half of all UK universities
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USS strike: partisan players are blocking pension compromise
Too many partisan board members are causing the university pensions dispute to drag on, says Adrian Bell
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Vice-chancellors ＆prepared to rethink＊ USS pension reforms
Universities UK concedes that it might ＆have not considered every possible angle＊, as strike action continues
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Students split over support for USS pensions strike, poll reveals
Majority say they will support their lecturer if they walk out, but two-thirds concerned about impact on education
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UCU confirms 14 strike dates over USS pensions row
Industrial action is set to begin with a two-day walkout on 22 and 23 February, affecting 61 universities?
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USS pensions: how to fix the worst offer I＊ve seen from an employer in 20 years
Sally Hunt offers three ways to fix the proposed USS pension reforms
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UUK reforms ＆will cut USS pensions by up to 40 per cent＊
Plans would ＆devastate＊ members＊ pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis
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Better USS pensions may be possible 每 but not just yet, say v-cs
Universities UK says contributions could be cut or benefits increased as USS finances bounce back after pandemic, but unions want reforms to be cancelled now
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Pension contributions set to rise as USS deficit hits ?5 billion
Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals