University lecturers to strike over pension scheme

By The Newsroom
Published 29th Sep 2014, 15:24 BST
Lecturers at Glasgow University and the University of Dundee are among those voting on whether to launch a campaign of action. Picture: John DevlinLecturers at Glasgow University and the University of Dundee are among those voting on whether to launch a campaign of action. Picture: John Devlin
Lecturers at Glasgow University and the University of Dundee are among those voting on whether to launch a campaign of action. Picture: John Devlin
LECTURERS at Glasgow University and the University of Dundee are among those to be balloted over industrial action, including a marking boycott and a refusal to set exams, in a row over pensions.

Members of the University and College Union in 67 universities will vote in the next few weeks on whether to launch a campaign of action in protest over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the pension scheme for staff at the UK’s “old” universities and covers the most selective institutions, including those in the Russell Group.

The union warned that any industrial action would stop students being set coursework or receiving formal marks and feedback, as well as halting exams.

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