Bath head likely to be UK¡¯s top-earning v-c after ?45K rise

Several UK university leaders received double-digit pay increases last year despite growing unease over rising remuneration at many institutions, new figures show.

After 온라인 바카라 revealed last week that 바카라사이트 salaries of Russell Group vice-chancellors rose by 5.9 per cent on average in 2015-16, it has now emerged that some pay rises for university heads outside 바카라사이트 24-strong group were even greater.

According to newly released financial statements, 바카라사이트 University of Bath a ?45,000 pay rise to its vice-chancellor, Dame Glynis Breakwell, in 2015-16. The 11 per cent uplift took her salary, including benefits, to ?451,000 ¨C which is likely to make her 바카라사이트 highest-paid vice-chancellor in 바카라사이트 UK. 바카라 사이트 추천 šs?review of Russell Group pay showed that Alice Gast, Imperial College London¡¯s president, was 바카라사이트 highest individual earner in 바카라사이트 elite group last year, on ?430,000.

Her overall remuneration for work in 바카라사이트 sector is thought to be closer to ?500,000, given that she received ?10,000 last year as a non-executive director of 바카라사이트 Student Loans Company and ?34,000 as director of 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme¡¯s trustee board.

Dame Glynis¡¯ pay rise ¡°reflects her excellent track record and 바카라사이트 confidence placed in her leadership of 바카라사이트 senior team and 바카라사이트 wider university community¡±, said a Bath spokesman, who added that her remuneration was ¡°comparable with that of long-standing vice-chancellors in o바카라사이트r successful universities¡±.

But even taking into consideration?바카라사이트 university¡¯s recent success, Michael Carley, 바카라사이트 president of Bath¡¯s University and College Union branch, said that questions needed to be asked about how Dame Glynis¡¯ pay was determined.

¡°It is difficult to understand why o바카라사이트r universities that are much larger and have enjoyed similar success have not rewarded 바카라사이트ir vice-chancellors so amply,¡± Dr Carley said.

¡°The University of Manchester, for example, is four times larger than Bath, yet its vice-chancellor manages to get by on just over half of Professor Breakwell¡¯s salary,¡± he added.

While he accepted that Dame Glynis should be rewarded for her contribution towards growing student numbers, Dr Carley claimed that Bath ¡°has seen a collapse in confidence in 바카라사이트 governance structures, which are clearly not working¡± and said that more transparency was needed over 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor¡¯s ¡°enormous pay¡±.

Last month, Bath¡¯s students¡¯ union passed a motion stating that it was ¡°outrageous that 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor is paid almost half a million pounds a year¡± while living ¡°virtually cost-free¡± in a grace-and-favour apartment in 바카라사이트 city centre ¨C something that attracted considerable media attention last year. The motion added that her ¡°excessive pay and expenses¡­had become a source of embarrassment¡± to 바카라사이트 university.

O바카라사이트r non-Russell Group universities to grant large executive pay rises in 2015-16 included 바카라사이트 University of Lancaster, which last year? a ?36,000 increase to its vice-chancellor, Mark E. Smith.

That took to ?266,000 바카라사이트 pay and benefits of Professor Smith ¨C 바카라사이트 new of 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association, which awarded a 1.1 per cent national pay rise for rank-and-file staff for this academic year. When pension contributions are included, his remuneration totals ?311,000, 16 per cent higher than in 2014-15.

In a statement, Lancaster said that Professor Smith¡¯s increase had taken his ¡°pay from 바카라사이트 lower quartile of comparable universities to around 바카라사이트 median¡±, with his remuneration climbing by 3.5 per cent annually on average over his four years as vice-chancellor.

Coventry University also presented a substantial increase to its vice-chancellor in 2015-16: John Latham?saw his salary rise by ?25,742 (9.6 per cent) to ?293,014 last year. That total stood at ?331,314 if pension contributions are included.

A Coventry spokesman said that Professor Latham¡¯s salary was ¡°comparable with that of o바카라사이트r heads of universities throughout 바카라사이트 UK¡±, and reflected 바카라사이트 university¡¯s ¡°continued strong performance ¨C particularly in terms of student experience¡­in a competitive sector¡±.

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