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Watch the videos that answer your questions and provide more information on how we’re responding to COVID-19 and on the 2020 valuation.

See what two leading independent experts think about some of the most common ways to save for your future.

As you get closer to retirement, find out how the increase helps to inflation proof your built-up benefits.

Retirement might seem far off, but research shows time passes more quickly as you get older

The ability to innovate is one of the key benefits of an internal team and we take this seriously as we strive to create the best possible products for our members. In 2016 USS became a hybrid scheme with both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) elements – the Retirement Income Builder and the Investment Builder.

Our latest TCFD report is now live, which looks at how we’re tackling the financial risks of climate change. Innes McKeand, our Head of Strategic Equities, talks about our progress towards our Net Zero ambition and the actions we’ve taken.

Universal Ownership is the concept that institutional investors (like major pension funds) hold such large, diversified portfolios that they represent a slice of the entire market or economy. Essentially, they own a little bit of everything. Find out what this means for USS.

In September I took over as Chair of USS during an extraordinary time for the scheme. Not only in the midst of a valuation, but also sharply aware of the unprecedented pressure on Higher Education from the pandemic. It was certainly not an ideal backdrop.

Value for money matters at the best of times but, with rising inflation and conditions in financial markets making defined benefit pensions more expensive, it is more important than ever that we can demonstrate that USS is run in a cost-effective manner.