Category: USS

This is a short update with a list of resources that members can use to navigate their way through recent events with USS, and to … Read more

Lines dividing the UCU and UUK positions regarding the 2020 USS Trustee valuation are regrettably becoming clearer. In an email sent yesterday, Jo Grady wrote … Read more

Overview The USS 2020 valuation is not fit for purpose, the governance of USS is not fit for purpose. The behaviour of the Pensions Regulator … Read more

We are facing significant challenges both at this institution and in the sector generally. The way we can flex our muscles and be heard is … Read more

Dear University of Kent UCU members,  Please VOTE today! As well as the General Election though, please do vote in the UCU USS re-ballot (you … Read more

As we’re in the process of reballotting on pensions, we thought this might be of interest to members. It’s a short Twitter thread from a … Read more

About Pensions 2017’s planned changes to the USS pension scheme threatened to reduce total average pension income by over £200,000 per employee.  The strike of … Read more

Paws for thought: Your Vote is Your Voice. USE IT or LOSE IT!

Dear All, Some UCU members on precarious contracts, or who are financially unstable for other reasons, are understandably anxious about striking and its financial consequences. … Read more

About Casualisation Around 70% of the 49,000 researchers in higher education are on fixed-term contracts and there are 37,000 teaching staff on fixed-term contracts, the … Read more