Colleagues may have heard Prof Jane Hutton (Warwick) on BBC’s Today Radio Programme (link – minute 19:30-24:00). She was removed as a USS Trustee after asking questions about the valuation methodology of USS which she comments was “not of a quality I am happy with“. Prof Hutton says that The obvious question is if this is so, why…
Two ways to engage with what is happening to your pension (explained below): * Have your say in the UCL consultation on how UCL should respond to the USS offer (ideally by 5pm today, Wed 15 May); * Join the Lobby of USS on Friday 17 May. Responding to the UCL consultation on USS The USS…
USS is currently consulting its members over proposed changes to your pension scheme. These are potentially very serious detrimental changes for every member. The deadline for the employee consultation is 2 November. In this email we review three scenarios that are now in front of us. At the end, we indicate how colleagues might wish to respond to the…
Today’s meeting of Academic Board, will, inter alia, discuss the USS Pension Scheme. Details: UCL Academic Board, 14:05, Wednesday 2 May, Christopher Ingold Auditorium, Chemistry Building, Gordon St WC1 (this meeting is open to all members of Academic Board). Non Professorial members of AB (NPAB) are meeting ahead of this meeting at 1pm in the Ramsay LT, Chemistry Building. UCU…
You will have seen an earlier message (Subject: “UCU e-ballot update”) from UCU asking you to accept the current pensions offer from UUK. These messages do not reveal that there is an ongoing debate on this offer, because of its considerable challenges. To add some developing information: Ultimately there is nothing in the agreement to…
9 April 2018 This is a reminder that we have scheduled a General Meeting for tomorrow, Tue 10 April, 13:00-14:00, in the Gustave Tuck LT. Congress business This year UCU Congress and Sector Conference will run from Wednesday 30 May – Friday 1 June 2018 in Manchester. We have received a late motion to debate for submission to…
For the following reasons UCL UCU Executive Committee recommend that you vote ‘no’ in the UCU online consultation ‘e-ballot’ over the UUK offer that begins today (closing 13 April). We therefore encourage members to vote ‘no’ in the USS consultation. Even if the vote is ultimately in favour of accepting, the larger the ‘no’ vote, the…
On Monday 26th March a very well attended lunchtime meeting at UCL discussed the proposal from Universities UK. In addition to messages from the UCL UCU Executive Committee, members had also seen Sally Hunt’s email that morning in which she speculated UUK would refuse the inclusion of a ‘no detriment’ clause for members should changes…
