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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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UK university staff vote to strike over USS pension reforms
Fourteen days of strike action set to begin on 22 February if talks fail, affecting 61 universities
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Half of USS members to take top-up pension
Most taking part in new scheme will withdraw their extra pension as cash, finds report
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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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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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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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USS strike: staff walkout is only way left to stop unnecessary pension cuts
Academics do not want to damage students' education but strike action is the only option left to protect pensions, says Sam Marsh
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The Charybdis at the centre of the USS
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...
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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
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USS to revisit £7.5 billion deficit valuation
Pension scheme will re-run its valuation and consult universities on proposals to save defined benefits, although April’s cost increases will go ahead
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The USS strike and the winter of academics’ discontent
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...
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USS strike: long-term promise on employer contributions may break pensions impasse
Uncertainty over the future of 18 per cent contributions is hampering negotiations, argue Jon Forster, Graham Niblo and James Vickers
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USS strike: academics are wrong to walk out
The university strikes are a militant campaign that attacks the very heart of learning as the union propaganda makes clear, says John Marenbon
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Universities must pay more to protect pensions
The University of Essex’s vice-chancellor explains why he disagrees with Universities UK’s position on USS pension reform