This is a Thread of Threads, to keep track of what I have written on the #USS pensions issue, particularly focussing on the dodgy September survey by UUK, and the role of Cambridge and Oxford.
In reverse chronological order:
In reverse chronological order:
1. On FoI documents showing that Cambridge college bursars "colluded" to give *the same* response to the survey.
2. On Cambridge bursars & their backgrounds in finance:
5. On Oxford University excluding current USS members from its Working Group on pensions:
6. On the 20th Sep OXCAM meeting of Oxbridge bursars, where coordinated responses to the September survey were discussed:
7. On the Employers Pension Forum set up by UUK, UCEA & GuildHE:
8. On the Pensions Regulator's penalties for "Provision of False or Misleading Information":
9. On difficulties in getting UUK to reply to academics:
10. On rumours swirling in Oxford after the vote was denied at the Congregation:
11. On Athene Donald's 3 questions for UUK:
12. On details from UUK's accounts:
13. On the UUK survey responses from FoI requests, as they were known on 6th March:
14. How UUK botched, bungled & biased its September survey:
15. On how little is known about which USS employers actually responded to the September survey:
16. On the likely role of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association (UCEA) in issuing hardline HR guidance:
17. My letter to Prof Keith Burnett, Sheffield's VC:
18. On the news that Cambridge University's response to the September survey was not the authorized view of the institution:
That's all. Number 10 was my favourite. Back to work now!
