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Important developments on the USS pension scheme.

  • 19 September 2017

    UCU advisers First Actuarial have provided a report to us on USS consultation document on the 2017 valuation.

  • 6 September 2017

    UCU is holding a consultative ballot of members in majority USS institutions because the scheme's trustees say that a further 6.6% increase in contributions is…

  • 31 July 2017

    UCU has said panicked reactions to a snapshot reading of the health of USS would do little to resolve the problems the scheme faced or how best to deal with them.…

  • 19 May 2017

    UCU general secretary Sally Hunt writes in the Times Higher about why employers should change attitudes towards risk.

  • 10 May 2017

    UCU advisers First Actuarial have written a further document to challenge the USS approach to the valuation.

  • 10 May 2017

    Comparison by First Actuarial of USS and the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS).

  • 6 March 2017

    More useful information produced by First Actuarial on projected USS cash flows to help branches in discussions with employers.

  • 16 December 2016

    UCU branches have been asked to engage with local management over the valuation approach adopted in the USS triennial valuation. The next valuation date is 31 March…

  • 2 December 2016

    The 2016 Institutions' Meeting took place on Thursday 1 December at BAFTA in London. USS's Institutions' Meeting is a meeting of representatives from the institutions…

  • 28 November 2016

    UCU has worked with UUK to jointly produce questions about the USS pension scheme 2017 valuation.