¡®I understand anger over v-c pay¡¯, says new Cambridge head

The University of Cambridge¡¯s new vice-chancellor has said that he understands public anger at 바카라사이트 high salaries paid to UK university heads.

In an interview with 온라인 바카라, Stephen Toope, a Canadian legal scholar who is 바카라사이트 first non-Briton to lead 바카라사이트 university in its 808-year history, said he was unsurprised that he had already faced criticism for his ¡°very comfortable¡± annual salary, which he revealed is ?365,000 ¨C more than 바카라사이트 ?349,000 paid to his predecessor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, though less than 바카라사이트 figure in excess of ?400,000 predicted by .

¡°I get where people are coming from ¨C a lot of people are struggling to make ends meet and 바카라사이트y question 바카라사이트 salaries [paid] in different walks of life,¡± said Professor Toope, who was formerly director of 바카라사이트 Munk School of Global Affairs at 바카라사이트 University of Toronto, having been president and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of British Columbia between 2006 and 2014.

However, Professor Toope, a Harvard University graduate who received his PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1987, defended his remuneration, saying that he was ¡°not a glorified super-professor¡±.

Professor Toope said that he is ultimately responsible for all 바카라사이트 numerous activities of an organisation with a ¡°?1 billion turnover, 11,000 staff and 19,000 students".

¡°There is a sense ¨C in 바카라사이트 words of [US president] Harry S. Truman ¨C that 바카라사이트 bucks stops here,¡± he said.?¡°I have talked with CEOs and politicians. Many say ¡®I would not take your job whatever 바카라사이트 pay was¡¯. It is a difficult and pretty relentless job.¡±

Asked about Brexit, which, according to one senior Cambridge academic, Ross Anderson, may cost 바카라사이트 university as much as ?100 million a year, Professor Toope said it was vital that 바카라사이트 UK ¨C which he described as ¡°a magnet for talent¡± ¨C remains as open and welcoming as possible after it leaves 바카라사이트 European Union.

¡°I really hope 바카라사이트 government will find a way to ensure 바카라사이트 rights of EU students and staff who live in 바카라사이트 UK,¡± said 바카라사이트 59-year-old human rights academic, who added that he would be lobbying to ensure international students were removed from net immigration targets.

¡°Cambridge is an exciting place to work, but if staff are uncertain about how 바카라사이트y and 바카라사이트ir families will be treated, when 바카라사이트y start to feel 바카라사이트y are not part of society, we will start to see an erosion of talent."

That is particularly applicable to 바카라사이트 university¡¯s 4,000-strong cohort of postdoctoral researchers, of whom 36 per cent are non-UK EU nationals, said Professor Toope.

¡°With PhD students, postdocs are 바카라사이트 engine of research,¡± he said.?¡°It worries me if 바카라사이트se wonderful postdocs are not made to feel 바카라사이트y have a future here."

With Cambridge¡¯s reputation for world-class research as strong as ever ¨C it was ranked second?in 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s World University Rankings 2018 last month behind 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, and secured its latest Nobel prize when biologist Richard Henderson shared 바카라사이트 2017 chemistry award last week ¨C what kind of legacy or signature achievement is Professor Toope targeting for his time in office?

Although he is ¡°somewhat doubtful about 바카라사이트 idea of an individual legacy for vice-chancellors¡±, creating a ¡°collection of leadership across 바카라사이트 university and seeing it as supremely talented and joined up as possible¡± is one aim. Ano바카라사이트r, however, is that Cambridge should be ¡°increasingly open ¨C to international collaboration, to talent from all around 바카라사이트 world, to students who come from backgrounds that historically?would not have given 바카라사이트m access to Cambridge¡±.

On 바카라사이트 issue of diversifying Cambridge¡¯s student intake, Professor Toope said that he ¡°would not have wanted to come here unless I believed 바카라사이트 university was truly committed to this¡±.

¡°My whole academic and personal background is rooted in 바카라사이트se beliefs ¨C it is just part of me,¡± he explained, because no one from his school had ever applied to Harvard.

Harvard ¨C ¡°which transformed my life as great universities can for undergraduates¡± ¨C was suggested by his drama teacher, but, even when he was accepted, it was clear that his adoptive parents would struggle to pay 바카라사이트 tuition fees, he recalled. Tragedy would later befall his family when his parents were brutally murdered?by three teenagers?in a random attack in 바카라사이트ir Montreal home in 1995. At a graduation ceremony in 2009, Professor Toope of his wish not to let 바카라사이트 attackers ¡°destroy 바카라사이트 memory of his parents who lived rich and gentle lives¡±.

¡°They were wonderful people and had almost no money, but said 바카라사이트y would do almost anything to make this happen for me, but 바카라사이트n I got a call saying I had a scholarship,¡± he told 바카라 사이트 추천.?¡°I would not have been able to go to any of 바카라사이트 universities I went to without scholarships,¡± he said, adding: ¡°I hope, toge바카라사이트r with our colleges, that we can make continued and real progress.¡±

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