Since February 22, 2018, members of the University and College Union (UCU) across the United Kingdom have been on strike to protest attempts to cut their defined-benefit pension scheme, USS. With pension changes on the horizon for UTFA members, UTFA has selected a series of news articles to put the issue in an international context.
March 13, 2018
- UCU: HEC decides no deal
March 12, 2018
March 7, 2018
March 6, 2018
- The Independent: We should all be as angry as university staff about the state of our pensions. They’re a crisis in the making
February 25, 2018
- The Independent: If you look at the economics, it's completely reasonable for university lecturers to strike over pension changes
February 22, 2018