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Confused about where the political parties stand on tuition fees? You will be…

16 February 2019

In the past 15 years, the Labour Party has backed the tripling of undergraduate fees in England (at the 2005 election), supported a big cut…

UCU response to HEPI’s new paper on the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)

8 February 2019

This guest blog responding to HEPI’s new report on university pensions has been kindly provided by Matt Waddup, the Head of Policy at the University and College Union. If you…

After the storm: Where should the USS dispute go next?

7 February 2019

The Higher Education Policy Institute has published a new analysis of the biggest university pension scheme, the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). The USS: How did…

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We haven’t called for an end to defined benefit pensions for university staff – honest! #USS

20 February 2019

We recently published a new report on the history of the Universities Superannuation (USS) Scheme. It received a warm reception for recounting the little-known history of the foundation…

The cap that doesn’t fit: Student numbers in Northern Ireland

18 February 2019 by Brian Murphy

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Brian Murphy, Director of Access, Digital and Distributed Learning at Ulster University. Ulster University…

What do we know about spending on staff?

15 February 2019

Last week HEPI wrote for the first time on the issue of university pensions, looking back at the history of the USS. As part of our…