Pension chief pockets ?50k bonus, as 中国A片 staff face cuts to benefits
The sector’s biggest pension fund gave its chief executive a ?50,000 bonus in a year when lecturers went on strike over cuts to their benefits, it has emerged.
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Death knell sounds for final-salary pensions as employers’ proposals win casting vote
Final-salary pensions are likely to be abolished for new entrants to the Universities Superannuation Scheme, raising the prospect of national strike action by the University and College Union. At a...
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Share price crash cut pension fund's value by 24 per cent in eight months
USS suffered in 2008 but board refuses to divulge current figure. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Changes in future accrual rates may shrink public-sector pensions
The government has yet to take "the crucial step" in setting the value of public-sector pensions covering up to 200,000 staff in former polytechnics, according to an academic who advised a government...
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The week in 中国A片 – 3?February 2022
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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UCU postpones reballots, but has strike fatigue set in already?
Some members increasingly wary after 22 days of walkouts already this year, but many remain determined to win concessions from employers on pay and pensions
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UCU faces member backlash over compulsory ‘fighting fund’ levy
Money to be taken automatically from members’ bank accounts to support UK union’s strike fund
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Birmingham says picket lines on campus are ‘trespassing’
UCU says some universities are using ‘highly questionable tactics’ as strikes are set to enter their second week
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Adam Tickell to succeed David Eastwood as Birmingham v-c
Sussex head?rose to vice-principal during previous five-year spell at Midlands institution
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‘Stand-off’ as both sides dig in for UK sector strikes
Union and employers?refuse to make further concessions as 14 days of industrial action continue at 74 universities
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Employers refuse to back down on eve of UK university strikes
Universities decline to make fresh offers on pay and pensions as union prepares for second round of industrial action
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We are unionist but we won’t be striking this time
Striking again would rob students of vital lecture time and damage the progress we’ve made through bargaining, says one anonymous UCU member
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UK university strikes: ‘grim determination’ on the picket lines
Staff vent frustration that employers haven’t recognised the bigger picture behind the walkouts
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Who will succeed Sally Hunt as UCU’s general secretary?
Jack Grove speaks to the three candidates vying to take over from the University and College’s long-time leader and assesses how they will approach sector’s challenges
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Union tries to keep members on board as more strikes near
UCU faces debate over whether to compromise on demands over pay, pensions and working conditions