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If you've been paying into your pension with us for less than two years, here are examples of when you may be able to get a refund on your contributions.

Yes. If you had any period of active membership (where you were paying into USS) between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2024, and didn’t retire before 1 April 2024, a one-off pension uplift of £215 has been applied to your Retirement Income Builder benefits.

This is the wording associated with the Paris Agreement, which legally binds its signatories to limiting global warming to well below 2° and preferably to 1.5°. We’re therefore working to keep to 1.5°, but the wording itself aligns to the Paris Agreement.

Scammers are using the COVID-19 pandemic to con people out of their pension savings. Find out how to protect yourself from scams.

Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (or USS) – the trustee of one of the largest pension schemes in the UK – is delighted to announce the appointment of Bronte Somes and Richard Metcalf as two new non-executive directors to the USS Investment Management Limited (USSIM) Board.

Our retirement checklist will help you understand how to prepare for your future.

USS has released its first Stewardship Code, which describes how we implement our commitments to the UK Stewardship Code and summarise our responsible investment activities and outcomes across all of our asset classes, with a particular focus on the financial year 2020-2021.

How investment decisions are made. USSIM is the principal investment manager and adviser to the Trustee - delivering the majority of the investment mandates through its in-house team and the balance through carefully chosen external managers.

This privacy notice explains how the scheme may use your personal data in its operations (whether you are a member of the scheme, a spouse or other beneficiary of a member of the scheme or otherwise engage with the scheme) and the rights you have in relation to your personal data.