As ever, the excellent @JosephineCumbo has provided a succinct summary of what the recommendations are, & I don't see any need to reproduce that.
https://twitter.com/JosephineCumbo/status/1040214564644761600
I'm v happy to see the disruptive role of Test 1 being acknowledged & criticised. I'm also v happy to see suggestion that employers attitude to risk & the affect this had on the covenant be re-evaluated. Likewise it's good to see assertion that updated data & measures be used.
In short, lots to commend the JEP. It takes aim at both UUK & USS (I'm gonna tweet screen grabs of these below with comment), particularly the role of UUK in triggering the dispute. However, this highlighted passage is a worry. 
The Panel is clear about damaging nature of UUK risk survey. The survey played a key role in triggering downgrading of the scheme & thus our strike. This must be seized upon by UCU in any future negotiations. We are clear about where blame lies, any compromise acknowledges this.
Compromise 'may' be needed. But the extent to which compromise is needed equally must be discussed in context of who needs to compromise the most, and where blame lies in creating the mess in the first place. The language of compromise often assumes meeting in the middle. #USS
Debating what this compromise entails, and winning that debate is now what we must do. The JEP provides us with legitimation & officialdom of what many of us have spent the summer proving. But it doesn't provide us with anything more. Lot's of hard work still ahead.
Beyond the regulator recommendations, the main conclusion I'm taking from the JEP is that it confirms that #USS is fine, & with some funding tweaks will continue to be fine. No strikes were needed, our scheme is fine. This MUST be remembered & reinforced as we negotiate further.
We were forced to make massive sacrifices earlier this year, & HE was thrown into chaos, when everything was fine. This is the lesson of trade unionism & industrial action. JOIN YOUR UNION, STAND UP TO THE BOSSES! There is an alternative to the 'reality' they present you.
Genuinely welcome the report & its findings, but a JEP could have been commissioned back in 2017. It wasn't because UUK wanted to make changes. They must change their stance now. We sacrificed a lot for the JEP, & will have to continue to push. @Sam_Marsh101 & SWG will be vital.
It's not clear to me how @ucu can continue to negotiate #USS further whilst current personnel at @UniversitiesUK remain. Given the findings of the JEP, how can we have any good faith in Jarvis and his team?
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