Returning Officer Statement & Call for Nominations As Returning Officer, I confirm that in accordance with the Keele UCU Branch…
We have put together a template letter you can adapt and send to your local MP asking that they write…
Keele’s real financial situation and why compulsory redundancies are not the answer with Presentation Slides from today’s public event
Please read the latest communications between UCU and Keele University Letter from Anne O’Sullivan, UCU West Midlands Regional Official to…
Please see the following documents, updated 9 January 2025 Student Income & Staff Costs since the Introduction of Tuition Fees…
You will have received an email from UCU Central on Friday. We, Keele’s UCU Branch Committee, do not have time…
**Update – See VC’s Reply!
Dear Vice-Chancellor,
We are writing to express our great disappointment and ongoing concern regarding the University’s disinformation effort on the matter of USS. For the second time this month, you stated in an email to all University staff that UUK proposals were adopted in the absence of alternative proposals from UCU. This is categorically and demonstrably false.
Employers – including our own – have simply decided that, in order to avoid having to pay higher contributions or commit to providing stronger levels of covenant support to the scheme, they would rather betray us and make us poorer in retirement. And not a little bit poorer: the average USS member stands to lose 35% of their take-home retirement income (over £100,000 assuming 15 years in retirement).
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Members may have seen recent updates about the evaluation of the USS pension scheme. Central UCU have promised further updates shortly, but we thought an update would be helpful. Along with other branches and central UCU, Keele UCU believe that neither the USS 2020 valuation nor the governance of USS are fit for purpose. Echoing other branches who have raised these points, we also believe that the behaviour of the Pensions Regulator contradicts its remit…
Keele UCU asked its members for comments and views on the communication, handling and impacts of OneKeele. We have drawn on and summarised the main themes and concerns emerging from members’ comments and provide a summary here. This document includes extensive qualitative data gathered from UCU members.