{"id":38,"date":"2021-06-18T11:58:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T10:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/council-digest\/?p=38"},"modified":"2021-06-18T11:58:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T10:58:02","slug":"pensions-student-mental-health-and-disability-and-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/council-digest\/2021\/06\/18\/pensions-student-mental-health-and-disability-and-cheating\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensions, student mental health and disability, and cheating"},"content":{"rendered":"

FINANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Universities UK (UUK) has published a brief summary<\/a> of its responses to its consultation on the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension \u2013 broadly speaking universities have backed a plan<\/a> to make the scheme less generous by reducing the defined benefit salary threshold to \u00a340,000 in order to keep contributions at around 30.7%. However, USS has responded<\/a> that the UUK proposals would nonetheless result in contributions of 31.2%. THE reports<\/a> that unions are unlikely to be happy with either scenario.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive of the University and College Employers\u2019 Association (UCEA) is arguing that it might be time to rethink collective pay bargaining<\/a> in the sector.<\/p>\n

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STUDENT ISSUES<\/strong><\/p>\n

UCAS has published a report<\/a> which shows that university applicants disclosing a mental health condition has risen by 450% in 10 years, but that this probably represented only half of those applicants with a mental health condition that they could declare.<\/p>\n

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REGULATORY AND GOVERNANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone who has been following discussions about essay mills, may find the House of Lords Library briefing<\/a> on the Higher Education Cheating Services Prohibition Bill interesting.<\/p>\n

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EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wonkhe has an interesting article on the barriers faced by disabled students<\/a> and their difficulties in accessing appropriate levels of financial support<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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