Lecturers stage mass walk out over USS changes

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University staff will stage a national strike today over plans to change final salary arrangements for the Universities Superannuation Scheme to career average.

Members of the University and College Union will walk out at 63 institutions across the country over plans to end the arrangements, which the union says it wants to negotiate with employers on furt...

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