Cambridge’s Trinity faces union boycott after confirming USS exit
Academics may be asked not to apply for jobs, give lectures or conduct external examining at Trinity

Academics may be asked not to apply for jobs, give lectures or conduct external examining at Trinity

Pensions industry must use academia’s knowledge to create more imaginative solutions to global pensions crisis, argues Lionel Martellini

Fourteen days of strike action set to begin on 22 February if talks fail, affecting 61 universities

Most taking part in new scheme will withdraw their extra pension as cash, finds report

Plans would ‘devastate’ members’ pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis

Sally Hunt offers three ways to fix the proposed USS pension reforms

The former Bank of England governor’s broadside against academic pension cuts relied on ‘reckless’ and ‘absurd’ assumptions, say John Ralfe and Bernard Casey

Academics do not want to damage students' education but strike action is the only option left to protect pensions, says Sam Marsh
As others have pointed out in these pages, recent reporting on the health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme pension fund has been alarmist and misleading (“Estimates may vary”, Letters, 10...

Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals

Pension scheme will re-run its valuation and consult universities on proposals to save defined benefits, although April’s cost increases will go ahead

The protests against pensions reforms reflect not just self-interest but also anger about working conditions and a sense that universities are losing their way. Jack Grove explores how proposed...

Uncertainty over the future of 18 per cent contributions is hampering negotiations, argue Jon Forster, Graham Niblo and James Vickers

The university strikes are a militant campaign that attacks the very heart of learning as the union propaganda makes clear, says John Marenbon

The University of Essex’s vice-chancellor explains why he disagrees with Universities UK’s position on USS pension reform