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June 13, 2019July 2, 2019 adminPensions, Trinity, USS

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Cambridge University and College Union, the trade union for academic and academic-related staff and graduate students at the University of Cambridge.

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Lorena Gazzotti @Lorenagazzotti·

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IMPORTANT! @CambridgeUCU and @GraduateUnion https://twitter.com/CerasellaChis/status/1248336439093403648

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Sam Marsh @Sam_Marsh101·

9 Apr

Section 7 of the discussion document compares a "no de-risking" approach with #USS's favoured approach. From what's written here, it appears that there's not much to pick between them: the former maintains 65% growth assets, the latter 55% reducing to 50% over 20 years. 14/

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Sam Marsh @Sam_Marsh101·

9 Apr

Both @UCU and @UniversitiesUK have been keen to explore a "no de-risking" approach which, if tolerable and manageable, will mean the scheme should remain affordable over the long-term. We asked for side-by-side comparisons with other approaches. This is where problems began. 13/

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Sam Marsh @Sam_Marsh101·

9 Apr

While we await #USS's clarification, allow me to explain as briefly and non-technically as I can how the information in the discussion document is misleading. It all comes down to comparisons between an investment approach free of de-risking, and USS's proposed approach. 12/

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Sam Marsh @Sam_Marsh101·

9 Apr

We are still awaiting a clarificatory note from #USS as to the misleading presentation of information in the document, though @UniversitiesUK's actuaries, Aon, did pick up on some of it in their paper to @USSemployers found at the link below. 11/ https://www.ussemployers.org.uk/briefings/uss-2020-valuation-methodology-discussion-document

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Cambridge UCU

2 weeks ago

Researchers from across the UK have signed an open letter asking universities to step up their support for international staff & students during the #COVID19 crisis

Pls read & share!
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Public Letter and Guidelines for support of migrant staff and students during the COVID-19 crisis

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It has come to our attention that some UK universities have released COVID-19 advice to their international students contrary to, or...

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Cambridge UCU

3 weeks ago

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, foodbanks across the country are running critically low on supplies. So as a branch, we’re making a donation to the Cambridge City Foodbank, and we're encouraging members who can afford it to do the same. In the fifth-largest economy in the world, foodbanks shouldn't even exist, but after a decade of austerity - and at times of crisis like this - they're more important than ever. Please consider giving if you can! ... See MoreSee Less

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Cambridge UCU

3 weeks ago

Dear All,

Please take notice of the Public Letter below, drafted by union activists and the UCU Migrant Committee, regarding the support and proper policy for international staff and students during the COVID-19 crisis.
Our brilliant members and activists have also put together a comprehensive guideline to help the University Leadership to tackle this crisis in the best interest of our migrant communities, which should be a universal policy across the whole of UK Higher Education Sector.
Our education system already has a reputation for delegating risks, damages, and costs onto their most vulnerable members. They have failed their workers and students time and time again, with the threat [and act] of deportations, suspensions, evictions. The negligence has been criminal, and it is up to us to do what we can to put a stop to it in this most crucial time.

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Letter of support for migrant staff and students during the COVID-19 crisis

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It has come to our attention that some UK universities have released COVID-19 advice to their international students contrary to, or falling short of, Home Office guidance. Certain UK universities have continued to monitor staff and students, even as the Home Office suspended all compliance actions....

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3 weeks ago

URGENT: Cam UCU Migrant Staff group is writing to the Student Registry and the Departments regarding the guidance sent to students today.

Non-medical intermission has the potential for significant & serious consequences for students on Tier 4 visas and should only be used as a *last resort*. It comes with financial, professional, and institutional costs that the Tier 4 students simply should not be taking on on their own. It implicates immediate deportation, over £1000 in costs for a second Tier 4 visa, and a setback of around six months whereby students will be left without any funding or institutional support from the University.

It is an abrogation of responsibility that the University is encouraging international students to apply for an intermission without a clear outline so as to the gravity of that decision. We need the university and the departments to take a *proactive position*, instituting a universal policy of deadline extensions and extension of residential permits by at least six months for all their Tier 4 students. All students who are and will be affected by this pandemic should be given the choice to finish their program when they can and want to do so, without the aforementioned costs associated with the intermission process.

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4 weeks ago

The Friday email: 13 March 2020

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This week: Update on HE strikes and Coronavirus | Tower Hamlets victory | Uni of Portsmouth redundancies | Equality conference

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