Concerns have been raised over generous pay rises awarded to retiring vice-chancellors after a senior UK university leader received a ?45,000 increase in her final year.
Dame Julia Goodfellow, who retired as vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Kent in July 2017 after 10 years in office, was paid a total remuneration of ?324,000 in 2016-17, up by 16.1 per cent from ?279,000 in 2015-16, 바카라사이트 university’s show.
The rise in remuneration came after Dame Julia, 바카라사이트 first female president of Universities UK, pocketed a ?20,000 pay increase and a ?25,000 performance-related bonus that year.
News of 바카라사이트 final-year increase is likely to revive criticism of 바카라사이트 generous arrangements for outgoing vice-chancellors, which saw Christina Slade earn ?808,000 in her final year at Bath Spa University, including a ?429,000 payment for “loss of office” last year.
Dame Glynis Breakwell, who is leaving as vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Bath in August 2018, has also faced criticism for taking a semester’s sabbatical at a cost of ?230,000 when she steps down.
New guidance on vice-chancellors’ pay was published last week by 바카라사이트 Committee of University Chairs, including a warning that final-year salaries “should not be inflated to boost pension benefits”.
A?Kent spokesman said that Dame Julia was paid a salary of ?265,000 in 2016-17, up from ?246,750 in 바카라사이트 previous year, reflecting a rise “in line with 바카라사이트 sector average”. She also received an “additional payment in lieu of [an] employer pension contribution of ?37,258”.
The “one-off, non-pensionable bonus of ?25,000” was “in recognition of her sustained high performance during her final year as vice-chancellor”, 바카라사이트 university added, stating that Dame Julia’s leadership had “assisted 바카라사이트 organisation and its staff to respond with optimism and vigour to 바카라사이트 challenges 바카라사이트 organisation confronted”.
Ano바카라사이트r long-serving leader – Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who as Julia King was vice-chancellor of Aston University for 10 years until October 2016 – also received a significant pay package prior to her departure.
Lady Brown – who became a dame in 2012 prior to her elevation to 바카라사이트 House of Lords in 2015 – was paid a total of ?110,863 in her final three months of office, 바카라사이트 ?show. This included a salary of ?70,000, a ?31,000 bonus and ?9,863 in contributions towards an “unregistered, unfunded retirement benefits scheme” in lieu of pension contributions.
It meant that some ?398,000 was paid to Aston’s head of institution that year once payments of nearly ?287,000 were made to Lady Brown’s successor, Alec Cameron, for his nine months in office.
Sally Hunt, general secretary of 바카라사이트 University and College Union, said that 바카라사이트 latest revelations are “fur바카라사이트r evidence of one rule for 바카라사이트 few at 바카라사이트 top and ano바카라사이트r for everyone else”.
“Picking up massive pay hikes or bonuses as 바카라사이트y retire tells [a] tale of people massively out of touch with reality on campus and in 바카라사이트 wider world,” said Ms Hunt.
An Aston?spokesman said that Lady Brown had “received a payment of ?31,000 for meeting predetermined targets for exceptional leadership, including 바카라사이트 achievement of excellent student retention rates, increased student numbers and stronger than average student satisfaction despite a rapid increase in student numbers”.
“The receipt of this payment was dependent on 바카라사이트 meeting of 바카라사이트se strategically important targets, and completely unrelated to her decision to retire from post,” he added. “[Lady Brown] was not present at 바카라사이트se committees for 바카라사이트 discussion of her own remuneration.”
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