"I want to assure you categorically that there has been no collusion between Cambridge and Oxford to undermine the scheme.” --Cambridge VC Stephen Toope, email to staff in Feb 2018 1/
varsity.co.uk/news/14893
varsity.co.uk/news/14893
"The University’s response to the consultation should be robust, and should be coordinated with that of Oxford as far as possible." -- March 2017 minutes of Cambridge Finance Committee, reported by @VarsityUK today (link). 2/
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varsity.co.uk/news/15866
"...if it was determined that USS should move to a defined contributions basis, the University would be able to argue much more strongly in favour of moving away from USS in order to establish its own defined benefits scheme" -- Oct 2017 minutes of Cambridge Finance Committee. 3/
"if the position could be secured that the University were no longer responsible for underwriting the USS as ‘last man standing’, it could establish its own scheme tailored to its employees’ needs" -- Ibid. 4/
March 2017 minutes establish the "collusion between Cambridge and Oxford..." bit of VC Toope's denial. Oct 2017 minutes establish the "...to undermine the scheme" bit. 5/5
