Lecturers at Cambridge, pictured, are among those of 64 universities joining the strike (Photo: Getty) Ministers have been urged to resolve the national lecturers’ strike by promising to underwrite the crisis-hit university pension scheme.
Academics walked out for the second day in a dispute triggered by planned changes which they say will leave the average lecturer almost £10,000 a year worse off in retirement.
The employers group, Universities UK, insists it has no choice but to overhaul the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to deal with a financial black hole of between £6bn and £7.5bn.Sir Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat leader, challenged […]
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