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Important developments on the USS pension scheme.

  • 18 May 2023

    The latest monitoring report from the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) trustee shows the cost of restoring benefits is estimated as just 21.8% of salary…

  • 12 May 2023

    Capita recently reported a cyber incident involving hackers targeting some of its computer servers on which USS members' details were held.

  • 19 April 2023

    UCU has today declared a 'historic victory' after members voted to move forward with proposals which pave the way for benefits to be restored.

  • 29 March 2023

    The latest update from USS confirms restoring benefits will cost less than employers and staff are currently paying into the pension scheme, UCU has announced.…

  • 15 March 2023

    University employers today made an offer in our dispute over pensions, which paves the way for USS pensions to be restored by April 2024. University employers today…

  • 16 February 2023

    UCU today announced significant progress in negotiations with the employers in our USS pension dispute. To allow our ongoing negotiations to continue in a constructive…

  • 9 December 2022

    UCU general secretary Jo Grady updates members with the latest on the latest developments in the USS dispute.

  • 29 November 2022

    New data shows that the cost of restoring USS benefits has fallen to a new low. The data, from the trustee's latest monitoring report published this week, estimates…

  • 24 November 2022

    Strike action at higher education institutions across the UK started today as members fight to reverse USS pension cuts.

  • 27 October 2022

    The majority of pension benefits lost under the recent cuts could be retroactively paid back, returning around £0.5bn to the retirement funds of the 200,000 university…