Cambridge UCU Pensions Officer Richard Farndale made the below submission to the Joint Expert Panel, in consultation with the rest of our branch committee. This submission has also been published as a USSbrief. We welcome discussion of the points raised…
The USS cost-sharing contribution increases
Last week, USS published an update for scheme members that detailed proposed increases in contribution rates for both employers and employees from 1 April 2019. We have known since early May that the USS trustee would not maintain status quo…
Motion to SHESC on Joint Expert Panel
Motion to SHESC: on the Joint Expert Panel Conference notes that the membership has had no role yet in shaping the structure or operation of the Joint Expert Panel. Conference believes the JEP is not a negotiation but a fact-finding…
Motion to SHESC on transparency and the USS Joint Expert Panel
Motion for SHESC: transparency and the USS Joint Expert Panel Conference notes: that satisfactory recommendations from the UCU-UUK Joint Expert Panel (JEP) are crucial to acceptable resolution of the USS dispute; that the lack of transparency severely undermined confidence in…
How expert? How transparent? Thoughts on the JEP Terms of Reference and interim arrangements for USS
Last Friday, April 27, there were two important meetings for the future of the USS dispute. The first was a meeting of the Higher Education Committee (HEC) of UCU, at which were presented the draft Terms of Reference (ToR) for…