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Statements on pay, pensions and industrial action

Statements from Cardiff University relating to pay, pensions and industrial action.

Response to a short consultation by Universities UK on potential modifications to the indicative outcome to the 2020 valuation - 07/07/21

Cardiff University response to a short consultation by Universities UK on potential modifications to the indicative outcome to the 2020 valuation

Response to the consultation on the indicative outcomes of the 2020 USS valuation - 01/06/21

Read our response to a consultation by Universities UK with employers on the indicative outcomes of the 2020 USS valuation.

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to students - 02/03/2020

Your studies during strike action – message from the Vice-Chancellor

Response to UUK request on USS dispute – 26/02/2020

Cardiff University supports UUK holding the employers’ current position that employer contributions to USS should not be increased beyond the current rate of 21.1% of salary.

Open letter from Universities UK and UCEA to staff impacted by the latest UCU pensions and pay disputes - 19/02/20

A joint letter to update on the significant progress to address concerns of university employees on pay, working conditions and pensions since November 2019.

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to staff - 19/02/2020

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to staff

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to students - 19/02/2020

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to students

Strike action - 13/02/20

University statement in relation to strike action.

UCEA’s offer on contractual arrangements; workload and mental health; and gender pay gap and ethnicity pay - 5/2/20

A summary of what UCEA, on behalf of 147 university employers in the New JNCHES arrangements for 2019-20, is offering to the trade unions in its new modified offer with positive proposals presented on 27 January 2020. The proposals focus on the three important areas of employment: contractual arrangements; workload and mental health; and gender pay gaps and ethnicity pay.

Industrial action - 3/2/2020

Cardiff University statement on industrial action.

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to staff - 5/12/19

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to staff - 5/12/19

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to students - 5/12/19

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to students - 5/12/19

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to staff - 22/11/2019

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to staff

Open letter from the Vice-Chancellor to students - 22/11/2019

Open letter to students at Cardiff University from the Vice-Chancellor

Industrial action - 5/11/2019

Cardiff University statement on industrial action.

Potential industrial action - 1/11/2019

Cardiff University statement on the outcome of the ballot over pensions and pay.

USS consultation - 22/03/2019

The University has set out its response on the future governance and valuation process of the USS pension scheme

Joint UCU statement on pensions scheme

Joint UCU statement on pensions scheme

USS Joint Expert Panel

First report by Joint Expert Panel published

Student information page – strike action updates

Information for students relating to strike action.

Action Short of a Strike and phased pay deductions

Statement on Action Short of a Strike and phased pay deductions

Vice-Chancellor’s response to student petition - 06/03/18

Vice-Chancellor’s response to student petition 06/03/2018

A joint statement from Cardiff University and Cardiff UCU (7 March 2018)

A joint statement from Cardiff University and Cardiff UCU

Industrial action - Vice-Chancellor's open letter to students - 19/02/18

19 February 2018 - Professor Colin Riordan’s open letter to students ahead of strike action

Strike action - 25 May 2016

Statement regarding strike action on the 25 and 26 May 2016.