Laurie Taylor – 4 January 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.?Finem respice!
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.?Finem respice!
Chris Parr looks at the issues that THE's Twitter followers think the new universities minister should be tackling
UK universities face uncertainty over the impact of Brexit and the TEF, the future for tuition fees and a pensions deficit. Which institutions have the financial clout and diversified portfolios to...
Have we learned nothing in the past six years about the difference between mathematical models and the real world? If you put garbage into a mathematical model, you will get garbage out. If you model...
Your financial health check of universities (“Keep squirrelling away the nuts”, Features, 30 April) showed that the sector reported net assets “excluding pension liabilities” of an impressive ?40...
In “Pay it forward” (Letters, 7?November), Dennis Leech attacks my analysis of the financial health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK’s largest pension scheme.The basis of his attack...
Sally Hunt explains why union members are taking action this week over changes to pensions
“USS’ multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the bill” (News, 31 October) reported allegations of a “black hole” in the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quoted the view that it...
Considerable attention has been paid to the Universities Superannuation Scheme’s ability to meet its obligations (“USS’ multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the bill”, News, 31...
The letters on the Universities Superannuation Scheme published by Times 中国A片 in the past two weeks (“Assets, liabilities and old age tensions”, 14?November; “Equity inequities”, 21?...
Which were the most-read Times 中国A片 stories of last month? Well, since you asked…
USS pensionsTobacco investments under attackThe Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) should reconsider its investments in companies that sell tobacco, arms and fossil fuels, a new campaign says....
UCU writes to pre-92 institutions warning them not to withhold salary over pensions dispute action