Category: USS

UUK have consulted Universities about a proposed review of USS’ governance structures, although its proposed terms are highly UUK-centric. We discussed these at a USS … Read more

Jackie Grant, a UCU pension rep. at Sussex, prepared the following graph, which comparatively outlines how pensions are likely to depreciate given the recent cuts … Read more

I have just sent the following letter to Martin Atkinson and Jane Higham in the hope that we can push back against the continuing farce … Read more

Dear colleagues, I am writing with an update on the USS pension situation. This will be fairly long so, if you don’t want to read … Read more

Local Context Whilst we were on strike this month, the University of Kent rejected UCU’s proposal to stave off cuts to our pension pay-outs. This … Read more

The USS issue is horribly complex, so UCU pension reps. have been trying to come up with illustrations to make it clearer. This graph shows … Read more

The USS has responded to our second stage USS complaint which we submitted on behalf of 3,383 colleagues from across the UK on 18th August … Read more

Ballot Results The Kent branch recently returned unprecedented levels of support for industrial action in response to the USS and Four Fights ballots. They are … Read more

A complaint has been lodged to USS on behalf over over 3,000 UCU USS members in a letter that can be read here. The text … Read more

Short Summary (TL; DR) Please oppose Option A in the upcoming survey on the USS that management is about to send out. It involves huge … Read more