All UCU articles
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NewsUSS to consider JNC decision as union warns of industrial action
Negotiating committee decides to progress employers’ proposal for USS changes
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NewsUSS ‘pushing regulator to the limit’ on risk, says CEO
£68.5bn scheme’s leaders say they have taken a position of ‘maximum flexibility’ in a bid to resolve a long-running dispute over contributions
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NewsUSS deficit hits £6.6bn as chief exec warns on market outlook
Staff and employers have been unable to agree contribution levels – and recent market volatility could require them to pay even more
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NewsUniversity staff warn of fresh strike action over contributions [updated]
Employers welcome proposal from USS’ Joint Negotiating Committee but union rejects higher costs for scheme members
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NewsUK universities back fresh funding proposal for USS
Employers backing the UK’s largest pension scheme agree to measures supporting lower contribution rates, including a moratorium on exits
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NewsAcademics call for government inquiry into USS governance
More than 1,000 UK-based professors and university staff have demanded action over governance concerns at the UK’s largest pension fund
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NewsStaff and students protest as college threatens exit from USS
Council in charge of Trinity College, Cambridge wants to extract itself from USS in a move that could cost it £30m
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NewsFresh proposals for USS funding fail to satisfy university staff
The higher education staff union says a proposed new contribution schedule for the £64bn scheme is not sufficient to break the negotiating deadlock
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NewsRoger Gray to step down as USS investment chief
CEO of higher education scheme’s investment operations to exit after a decade in charge
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NewsUSS prepares fresh valuation as employers accept more risk
UK’s biggest pension scheme aims to put forward new contribution rates in February to resolve long-running dispute
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NewsUniversities finalise panel to scrutinise USS valuations
Influential pensions industry figures to assist in evaluating calculations and methodologies
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NewsJoanne Segars to chair USS valuation expert panel
Former PLSA CEO pledges regular reporting on panel’s work
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Country ReportUK roundup: Agreement struck on USS valuations; UK approaching peak LDI
Plus: UK approaching ‘peak LDI’; Xafinity Punter Southall calls for legal separation of consultants and fiduciary managers
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NewsUniversity staff to vote on future of USS next week
Latest proposal marks the second attempt to break negotiation deadlock and end industrial action
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NewsUK roundup: BT to replace £49bn DB scheme with hybrid plan
Plus: GKN-Melrose latest; expert panel to scrutinise USS valuation; Brunel gets FCA green light
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NewsUnions reject proposal for UK universities scheme
UK arbitration body had facilitated an agreement but union branches turned out in force to reject it
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NewsUK roundup: Post Office seals £450m derisking deal [updated]
Plus: Universities and staff seek USS deal; Trustees growing more concerned about fraud
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NewsAgreement reached on shutting UK universities' DB scheme
Staff union plans 14 days of strike action in protest at closure of £60bn USS
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NewsUK roundup: Staff changes at LGPS Central, USS, Railpen
Plus: University staff vote for strike action over proposed pension changes
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AnalysisAnalysis: Could the UK’s largest pension scheme close… and re-open?
Employers have proposed a ‘temporary’ switch to DC-only that could be reversed in the future if DB funding improves
