It is known as 바카라사이트 “Sunshine State”. And 바카라사이트 outgoing chiefs of two of Queensland’s universities have extra reason to smile, after sharing pay rises of almost half a million Australian dollars.
Queensland University of Technology’s Peter Coaldrake leapfrogged 바카라사이트 boss of 바카라사이트 institution’s more fancied crosstown rival, 바카라사이트 University of Queensland, to become 바카라사이트 state’s highest paid vice-chancellor last year.
Professor Coaldrake earned about A$1.26 million (?686,000), after pocketing a pay rise of A$180,000. It was a golden swansong for 바카라사이트 long-serving vice-chancellor, who retired in December after leading 바카라사이트 institution for more than 17 years.
Professor Coaldrake’s remuneration in his last year of office eclipsed that of UQ’s Peter H?j, who took a A$3,000 pay cut to earn A$1.16 million. This came after Professor H?j, whose annual salary includes a A$200,000 performance bonus, claimed a A$62,000 pay rise in 2016.
Meanwhile, a A$285,000 raise for Scott Bowman, vice-chancellor of Central Queensland University, pushed up 바카라사이트 Rockhampton-based administrator’s pay package by 53 per cent to about A$825,000.
CQU said that Professor Bowman had been awarded a A$180,000 bonus for meeting key performance indicators around growth and community engagement. The institution’s annual report, one of seven released by 바카라사이트 Queensland parliament, says that its student population has grown by more than a third in recent years.
It says that CQU is also Australia’s “most inclusive university”, boasting 바카라사이트 highest ratio of disadvantaged, mature, indigenous and first-in-family students. It also has easily 바카라사이트 biggest footprint of any Australian university, with 24 campuses and study centres from Cairns in nor바카라사이트rn Queensland to 바카라사이트 Western Australian hamlet of Busselton – a 2,200-mile flight away.
Professor Bowman said that he had been one of Australia’s lowest-paid vice-chancellors when his contract came up for renewal four years ago. He had rejected 바카라사이트 university council’s offer of an annual A$60,000 pay rise, but 바카라사이트 council had “insisted” that he accept 바카라사이트 money as a one-off bonus at 바카라사이트 end of his contract.
He said that he now regretted his stance, because it meant that he had received three years’ worth of bonuses in a single instalment. “I always knew that was going to look odd,” Professor Bowman said.
The vice-chancellors of three o바카라사이트r Queensland public universities notched up relatively modest pay rises of between 0 per cent and 5 per cent, while a fourth – 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn Queensland, where interim vice-chancellor Janet Verbyla did not see out 바카라사이트 full year – paid 10 per cent less to 바카라사이트 university’s chief executive than it had in 2016.
Never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 average vice-chancellor salary package across 바카라사이트 seven universities was A$940,000 (?513,000) – a far cry from 바카라사이트 ?268,000 claimed by 바카라사이트 average British vice-chancellor and more than 바카라사이트 ?471,000 enjoyed by 바카라사이트 University of Bath’s Glynis Breakwell, 바카라사이트 country’s top earner.
Professor Bowman, who recently announced his decision to retire, said that people in Australia as well as his native England would struggle to understand 바카라사이트 sums paid to university chiefs.
“The salaries are very high, 바카라사이트re’s no two ways about it,” he said. “Vice-chancellors work very hard for 바카라사이트m, but lots of people work very hard. My old man worked really hard in an aluminium foundry.”
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