Motion on Trinity College’s departure from USS – 9 July 2019 EGM This branch notes: That defending the integrity of the USS pension scheme is one of UCU’s top priorities, locally and nationally. The censure of Trinity College by…
Trinity Update and Advice
The decision. Trinity College Council has decided to pay £30m to buy out of the USS pension scheme used by much of the UK HE sector. A Special College Meeting held on 21 June 2019 to consider the Council’s decision…
Trinity’s public case for withdrawal – a Rebuttal
TRINITY’S PUBLIC CASE FOR WITHDRAWAL Trinity College has paid £30 million to buy the College out of the USS pension scheme. In public, it has presented this decision as a means of averting the remote risk that, under the “last…
Open letter to the Council and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge (updated 8 June)
On Friday 24 May Trinity College announced that it will be exiting USS in spite of staff opposition. As Cambridge UCU have emphasised, Trinity’s withdrawal will not in itself affect the financial viability of USS, or the strength of the employer…
Comment on Trinity College exit from USS
Cambridge UCU naturally regrets the decision made by Trinity College Council to leave USS – but not because it will make a significant difference the strength to the employer covenant or undermine USS’s financial position. As Trinity acknowledge, and has been…