Tag: pensions
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Branch priorities with detailed evidence on USS ahead of the UUK conference
Updated: Aug 31, 2023 Image: copy of Figure 3 below, see section 3.2 for details and links to data and analysis. Ahead of the UUK’s annual conference at the University of Manchester, 6-7 September, we have summarised Sussex and IDS UCU priorities on USS, presented with evidence, which we hope to see reflected in the Sussex…
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UUK’s continued defence of misleading claims is a sham, their governance a disgrace
Figure 1: Timeline of UUK underestimates of cuts to pensions, all links here. In a response to Sussex UCU members concerns, Universities UK (UUK) continued its sham defence of their year of misleading claims on the scale of the USS pension cuts. UUK’s woefully inadequate response, dated 7 July 2022 – copied here in full…
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Rough transcript of Sussex VC’s open forum on USS
On 6 May 2021, staff at Sussex were invited to register for an ‘open staff forum on USS’ held on 13 May. Staff were told If you are unable to attend, a recording will be made available as soon as possible after the event. As of 17 June 2021, despite repeated requests, the recording is…
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Sussex UCU response to the UUK consultation on the USS valuation
The following was prepared with input from across campus, and submitted as a paper for Council meeting 257, 7 May 2021. The Council meeting was a single issue meeting to prepare the University of Sussex institutional response to the UUK consultation on the USS 2020 valuation. Council papers should be available on the Council page…
Sussex UCU, Brighton, UK 