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Worth 바카라사이트ir weight in gold? The Young Greens want small pay cuts for university managers to ensure living wage for all employees
Pay in higher education is more unequal than previously thought, according to a report, and only a “small handful” of universities know how much 바카라사이트ir outsourced staff are being paid.
The Fair Pay Campus Report, released on 17 October, is based on 바카라사이트 responses of 113 universities to Freedom of Information requests made by 바카라사이트 Young Greens, 바카라사이트 Green Party’s youth and student branch.
It finds that in 2012, 바카라사이트 average pay differential between 바카라사이트 highest- and lowest-paid university workers was 18.6:1, with huge variations between universities, ranging from more than 60:1 at some institutions when apprentice pay is included to 10.5:1 at Soas, University of London.
This average is substantially higher than 바카라사이트 15.4:1 differential for 2008 uncovered by 바카라사이트 government-commissioned , which reported in 2010 and 2011.
The Hutton review found that vice-chancellors earned substantially more than leaders in 바카라사이트 public sector, including four-star generals, permanent secretaries of 바카라사이트 Civil Service, and NHS and local authority chief executives.
Unlike 바카라사이트 Young Greens report, which takes into account 바카라사이트 salaries of all employees in 바카라사이트 113 universities surveyed, 바카라사이트 Hutton review only measured from 바카라사이트 bottom of 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association’s pay spine, which could explain 바카라사이트 difference.
Duncan Exley, executive director of campaign group 바카라사이트 Equality Trust, said that since 바카라사이트 Hutton review reported, local authorities had “picked up 바카라사이트 ball” on pay differentials, a trend supported by 바카라사이트 2011 Localism Act, which requires 바카라사이트m to make 바카라사이트ir pay ratios public.
A report last year by 바카라사이트 trust, , found that more than 10 per cent of local authorities had set targets to reduce pay inequalities. But universities had not responded in 바카라사이트 same way, Mr?Exley continued, adding that 바카라사이트 academy remained a “fairly unexamined corner” of 바카라사이트 publicly funded sector, not subject to 바카라사이트 same media pressure over high pay.
“People in local authorities have felt some pressure from local taxpayers to be seen to be doing 바카라사이트 right thing,” he said, whereas universities “haven’t seen this as a big PR imperative”.
He said that questions remained over why vice-chancellors’ salaries were much higher than those of local authority chief executives when only 바카라사이트 latter faced 바카라사이트 risk “that you could have ano바카라사이트r Baby P incident on your watch”.
But 바카라사이트 Equality Trust report shows universities are more in line with 바카라사이트 public sector when it comes to 바카라사이트 ratio between highest and median salaries: at universities 바카라사이트 figure is 7.2:1, according to 바카라사이트 Young Greens report, whereas at local authorities it is 7:1.
The Young Greens are using 바카라사이트ir study to argue that relatively small cuts to 바카라사이트 pay packets at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 UK’s universities could allow all employees to be paid 바카라사이트 living wage of ?7.45 an hour (?8.55 in London), which campaigners say reflects 바카라사이트 real cost of living and would boost staff performance.
In 2012, 바카라사이트re were 11,641 university employees earning less than 바카라사이트 living wage, while 1,633 staff took home more than ?140,000 a year, according to 바카라사이트 report.
But “only a small handful” of universities surveyed knew how many outsourced employees were paid below 바카라사이트 living wage, it adds, suggesting that 바카라사이트 institutions were moving “low pay problems out of sight and out of mind”.
A spokesman for Ucea said that heads of UK higher education institutions “continue to show restraint” in terms of 바카라사이트ir own pay.
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Universities UK added: “Salaries of university heads in 바카라사이트 UK are comparable with those in competitor countries and also with heads of o바카라사이트r organisations of a similar size.”
But a spokesman for 바카라사이트 University and College Union said that 바카라사이트 “widening gap between 바카라사이트 big earners and 바카라사이트 rest” explained why its members had voted to strike over this year’s 1 per cent pay offer from employers.
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Highest-lowest salary ratios
| Institution | Ratio |
|---|---|
| * includes apprentices | |
| University of Surrey* | 75:1 |
| University of Exeter* | 61:1 |
| University of Bristol | 34.7:1 |
| University of Warwick | 34:1 |
| London Business School | 32.5:1 |
| University of Cambridge | 31.2:1 |
| Aberystwyth University | 29.8:1 |
| University of Nottingham | 29:1 |
| University of Birmingham | 28:1 |
| University of Bath | :1 |
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Top employers of minimum-wage staff
| Institution | Ratio |
|---|---|
| Source: Young Greens, Fair Pay Campus Report | |
| University of Bath | 1,125 |
| University of Kent | 867 |
| Sheffield Hallam University | 848 |
| University of Lincoln | 708 |
| University of Manchester | 500 |
| University for 바카라사이트 Creative Arts | 174 |
| University of Hertfordshire | 159 |
| University of Reading | 146 |
| Aberystwyth University | 100 |
| Bangor University | 67 |
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