Timeline


Acronyms at bottom
See also separate Jane Hutton timeline

20 Feb 2020 UC begins 14-day strike on pensions, pay and conditions
13 Dec 2019 Second JEP report published
25 Nov - 4 Dec 2019 UCU 8-day strike on pensions, pay and conditions
31 Oct - 1 Nov 2019 UCU announces ballot results
09 Sep 2019 UCU opens double ballot on USS dispute and pay and casualisation dispute
22 Aug 2019 JNC votes to implement option 3 with  35% of increases borne by members
25-27 May 2019  UCU Congress and Sector Conferences
16 May 2019 UUK gives indicative preference for option 3
09 May 2019 USS proposes three options for 2018 valuation, UUK opens consultation
01 Apr 2019  Phase 1 of 2017 valuation cost sharing started (19.5% + 8.8% = 28.3%)
25 Mar 2019 Sally Hunt resigns as UCU General Secretary
04 Jan 2019  UUK launches consultation on 2018 valuation TP document
02 Jan 2019  USS publishes 2018 valuation technical provisons consultation document 
11 Dec 2018 Letter from Mike Birch (TPR) to David Eastwood (USS) (published 14 Dec 2018)
22 Nov 2018 USS announces an interim valuation dated 31 March 2018
07 Nov 2018 UCU double SHESC (special HE sector conference) on pay and USS dispute
18 Oct 2018  UCU one-day special congress (recalled congress)
13 Sep 2018  First JEP report published
21 Jun 2018  UCU SHESC (special HE sector conference) on USS dispute
06 Jun 2018  Work and Pensions Commitee inquiry on DB pensions, 2nd oral evidence session
31 May 2018  JEP first meeting
30 May - 1 Jun 2018 UCU Congress and Sector Conferences
27 Apr 2008  JNC formally revokes 23 Jan decision
13 Apr 2018  UCU announces ballot result: 64% accept UUK proposal for JEP
28 Mar 2018  UCU HEC votes to ballot membership on UUK offer
23 Mar 2018  UUK offers JEP to review 2017 valuation
13 Mar 2018  UCU rejects agreement of 12 March after pressure from branches
12 Mar 2018  UCU-UUK-ACAS agreement proposes benefit cuts
05 Mar 2018  UCU-UUK-ACAS talks begin
27 Feb 2018  UCU proposes return to September valuation, accrual rate cut, contribution increases
22 Feb - 18 Mar 2018 UCU strikes
29 Jan 2018  UCU announces 14 days of national strikes in February and March
23 Jan 2018  JNC decides to close DB scheme to future accruals by casting vote of chair
21 Dec 2017  USS announces it will start cost sharing process if JNC makes no decision by 23 Jan
08 Dec 2017  USS publishes 'November valuation'
17 Nov 2017  UUK proposes closing DB scheme to future accruals
14 Nov 2017  USS announces ‘November valuation', based on UUK wish to reduce risk
13 Nov 2017  UUK submits initial proposal to JNC to end DB scheme
01 Sep 2017  USS publishes ‘September valuation’, launches consultation with UUK
17 Feb 2017  USS publishes methodology and inputs for the 2017 valuation
22 Nov 2016  USS publishes proposed approach to methodology for 2017 valuation

Acronyms

FSBC = Funding and Benefits Subcommittee (subcommittee of JNC)
HEC = Higher Education Committee of UCU
JEP = Joint Expert Panel
JNC = Joint Negotiating Committee
NDC = National Dispute Committee of UCU
NEC = National Executive Committee of UCU
TPR = the Pensions Regulator