Factsheets 

These factsheets are available to download in PDF format, each giving in-depth detail about specific topics.

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Format Publication
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Absence

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Additional Voluntary Contributions

Increasing your benefits by paying Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs).

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Allocation

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Benefits in kind

Download [909kB]

Death in service benefits

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Flexible Retirement

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Full Commutation

This factsheet explains the circumstances under which your benefits may be converted into a lump sum payment in the circumstances of serious ill-health.

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Implications following divorce, nulity of marriage or dissolution of a civil partnership

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Incapacity Retirement

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Incapacity Retirement (Deferred Members)

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Information About Protected Pension Age

New Minimum Retirement Age of 55

Download [492kB]

Information for Beneficiaries (deaths after retirement or in deferment)

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Information for Beneficiaries (Death in Service)

Important information for beneficiaries of benefits on the death of a USS member.

Download [659kB]

Information for Eligible Children

This factsheet explains who qualifies to receive a child's pension on the death of a member.

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Limits to Tax Relief and Tax-free Benefits

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Addendum to Limits to tax relief and tax-free benefits

USS options for avoiding/mitigating a tax charge

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