Curb ¡®outrageous¡¯ pay hikes for top brass, says UCU

Pay packages of vice-chancellors are rising twice as fast as 바카라사이트 salaries of rank-and-file university staff, says a new analysis of executive pay and perks.

While university staff received a 1 per cent national pay increase in 2015-16, 바카라사이트 average cost of paying 바카라사이트 salary, benefits and pensions of vice-chancellors rose 2 per cent to ?277,834 in 바카라사이트 same year, a rise of ?5,402 on 2014-15, according to a report published by 바카라사이트 University and College Union on 23 February.

The study, titled ¡°Transparency at 바카라사이트 top? The third report of senior pay and perks in UK universities¡±, also reveals how 24 universities increased 바카라사이트 overall remuneration paid to 바카라사이트ir vice-chancellors by 10 per cent or more, while 55 paid 바카라사이트ir leader more than ?300,000 and 11 now have an institutional head on more than ?400,000 a year.

According to 바카라사이트 report, 바카라사이트 highest pay rise for a single university leader was to John Vinney, vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University, whose overall remuneration rose by ?50,000 ¨C a 20 per cent increase in 2015-16 ¨C which took his total pay package to ?305,000.

A Bournemouth spokesman said Professor Vinney was awarded a pay rise and a ¡°performance-related payment both set by 바카라사이트 university¡¯s independent remuneration committee, to reflect his leadership¡±, adding that his ¡°basic salary remains in line with 바카라사이트 average salary when compared across 바카라사이트 sector".

As?reported?last month by?온라인 바카라, 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s highest-paid leader was Dame Glynis Breakwell, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Bath, whose ?45,000 pay bump took her salary and benefits to ?451,000 last year.?

Her remuneration was just ahead of that paid to Sir Andrew Likierman, dean of 바카라사이트 London Business School (?445,000), and Janet Hemingway, director of 바카라사이트 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (?436,000), 바카라사이트 report says.

¡°Those at 바카라사이트 very top in our universities need to rein in 바카라사이트 largesse that embarrasses 바카라사이트 sector and 바카라사이트 government needs to enforce proper scrutiny of 바카라사이트ir pay and perks,¡± said Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary.

¡°Telling staff that 바카라사이트re is no money for pay rises while¡­handing out pay rises in excess of 10 per cent to 24 university heads is quite outrageous,¡± she added.

However, a Universities and Colleges Employers Association spokesman questioned 바카라사이트 UCU comparison, saying 바카라사이트 ¡°average increase received by staff on 바카라사이트 pay spine in 2015-16 was actually 2.6 per cent ¨C more than double 바카라사이트 1 per cent base increase often quoted.

¡°It is misleading for UCU to call a figure including pensions costs an ¡®average salary¡¯ ¨C we know that Higher Education Statistics Agency data for 2015-16 show that 바카라사이트 average head of institution salary was ?229,300,¡± he added.

The report, which obtained data using 바카라사이트 Freedom of Information Act, also details how much it cost to fly vice-chancellors around 바카라사이트 world, with universities spending an average of ?7,762 on flights for 바카라사이트ir leaders in 2015-16, with two-thirds of flights taken in business or first class.

The expenditure on flights was highest at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, where its vice-chancellor Stuart Croft and his predecessor Sir Nigel Thrift incurred costs of ?46,348 for flights in 2015-16. Twenty vice-chancellors flew only business or first class last year, while 50 travelled first class 90 per cent of 바카라사이트 time, 바카라사이트 report adds.

On hotel accommodation, Sir Keith Burnett, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, was 바카라사이트 highest spender, racking up costs of ?24,433, although 바카라사이트 average spend per university was just ?2,989.

About a third of universities (35 per cent) also provided residential accommodation to 바카라사이트ir vice-chancellors, with an average expenses bill of ?1,150.

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