Pension speculation
Andrew Oswald invites us to believe that the Universities Superannuation Scheme could raise academic pensions from 50 per cent to 66.6 per cent of final salary if only the trustees ignore actuarial...
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Mervyn King is wrong to deny USS deficit
The former Bank of England governor＊s broadside against academic pension cuts relied on ＆reckless＊ and ＆absurd＊ assumptions, say John Ralfe and Bernard Casey
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Hundreds in line for windfall from USS
Hundreds of retired academics may get windfalls of up to ?30,000 as the universities pensions scheme corrects an anomaly that went unnoticed for nine years. The Universities Superannuation Scheme is...
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Whistleblowing professor Jane Hutton fired from USS board
Pension fund chair says Warwick statistician had ＆breached a number of her director＊s duties＊, but insists probe was ＆completely separate＊ to investigation of her claims
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Let＊s defend pensions, not defined benefits
Converting the USS into a defined contributions scheme could give younger academics a bigger pension pot, argues David Voas?
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The USS strikes revealed the management hierarchy in higher education
The autonomy, professional discretion and judgement once central to?academic life?is now looked on with deep scepticism by university managers, argues Peter Fleming
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Members should be on the USS's conscience
Andrew Oswald's Soapbox article last week calling on the Universities Supperannuation Scheme to increase members' pensions has attracted a flurry of support (Letters, opposite). Staff at universities...
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Hi-de-Hi finance: USS buys Butlin＊s sites for ?300 million
Academics＊ pension fund?adds famous holiday camps to growing portfolio of assets as it seeks to shore up finances post-pandemic
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USS bonuses went up ?4 million as final salary pension scheme axed
Bumper year for fund managers at the Universities Superannuation Scheme
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Don＊t be pound foolish over pensions
UK academics prize the USS pension. Sacrificing a scheme ＆in rude health＊ on the basis of overcautious calculations would cause more disaffection
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Does the USS＊ deficit recovery plan unfairly penalise younger academics?
Discussions about?how the UK＊s largest pension scheme covers its deficit?ought to?consider whether all employers and members should pay the same rate, argues Paul Hamilton
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USS must work for support staff
In the otherwise comprehensive report on the changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (※Days of reckoning§, Features, 12 March), there was no mention of some of the key issues facing the...
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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 ?21,000 a year worse off in retirement than those at newer institutions
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USS strike: this is a strike to save higher education
This strike＊s momentum is unprecedented because the proposed pension cuts are a symbol of the UK＊s flawed higher education system, says George Letsas
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USS reforms will only undermine scheme
The decision by the University of York to deduct 100 per cent pay in response to the University and College Union＊s democratic mandate to initiate an assessment boycott in the Universities...