The University and College Union has taken a step towards national strike action over job security - and is also threatening to launch the "greatest industrial dispute" ever in 中国A片 if...
A decision on whether to wind up the Universities Superannuation Scheme's final-salary pensions could be made this week - but talks between employers' and members' representatives are so far...
Sunny start to the latest round of UK industrial action couldn’t mask the frustrations felt by many union members
David Willetts has applied extra pressure to the pension-reform process, saying that students should not be expected to "prop up" the academy's final-salary deals.The comments by Mr Willetts, the...
Vivienne Stern aims to reach agreement on ‘long-term’ solution that works for universities, students and government
Regretfully, many staff in 中国A片 have already witnessed the end of final-salary pension schemes ("Warning sounded on final-salary pensions", 7 January).Institutions such as the...
It is important to clarify a number of points as the predictable scaremongering about the USS pension scheme appears to be increasing. First, such scaremongering is unhelpful. The University and...
Maastricht president says funds can help to build bridge between public and private sectors
The University and College Union read with interest the valiant attempt by the Universities UK chief executive Nicola Dandridge to sell the employers' proposals to reform the Universities...
Plugging a multibillion-pound deficit exacerbated by June’s poll result may require ‘drastic measures’, analysts have warned
Unless pay and conditions improve at UK universities, quality and diversity will enter a downward spiral, says Maria Sobolewska
University refuses to pay staff who have returned to work until they reschedule lectures lost to last round of walkouts
Further walkouts expected in disputes over pay, pensions and working conditions
Universities legally entitled to make deductions, but UCU attacks ‘unfair and unprofessional response’
Universities’ oligarchic control of degree provision and metrics’ misguided focus are shortchanging both students and academics, says Murdoch Gabbay