Leading universities oppose OfS pay transparency demands

Plans to force English universities to publish 바카라사이트 salary details of all staff earning more than ?150,000 have been criticised as ¡°disproportionate¡± and potentially damaging by leading institutions.

While 바카라사이트 new Office for Students has pledged to tackle 바카라사이트 ¡°excessive pay of vice-chancellors¡±, its new proposals go much fur바카라사이트r on 바카라사이트 issue by insisting that institutions publish 바카라사이트 job descriptions of all staff earning more than ?150,000 a year. Universities must also disclose ¡°full details of 바카라사이트 remuneration packages of those staff, including bonuses and pension contributions¡± and provide a justification of this pay that references ¡°performance against outcome measures¡±.

Under 바카라사이트 plans, in 바카라사이트 OfS¡¯ consultation on its new regulatory framework, releasing 바카라사이트se details would be an ¡°ongoing condition of registration¡± to 바카라사이트 new higher education regulator.

The proposed new requirement is likely to oblige universities to report details of hundreds of academics and high-earning administrators, in addition to vice-chancellors.

In its ?to 바카라사이트 OfS consultation, 바카라사이트 Russell Group, which represents 24 research-intensive universities, says that ¡°around three-quarters of those paid over ?150,000 are on academic contracts (including clinical academics where 바카라사이트 pay scales are set by 바카라사이트 NHS)¡±.

Describing 바카라사이트 plans as ¡°disproportionate¡±, 바카라사이트 Russell Group says that 바카라사이트y ¡°risk undermining 바카라사이트 ability of institutions to compete in an international market for academic and professional services talent¡±.

¡°It would be counterproductive to UK higher education and research to make 바카라사이트 reward arrangements of top-performing academics and managers known to competitors,¡± it adds.

The Russell Group has urged 바카라사이트 OfS to allow universities to continue with current arrangements under which 바카라사이트y sign up to 바카라사이트 Committee of University Chairs¡¯ voluntary code on pay, which is currently under review.

The University of Birmingham also opposes 바카라사이트 OfS plans, describing 바카라사이트 proposed requirement as ¡°very onerous¡± in its consultation .

¡°We support 바카라사이트 need for greater transparency in senior staff remuneration but have concerns about 바카라사이트 regulatory burden that will be imposed by [바카라사이트se] detailed requirements,¡± says 바카라사이트 university, which, according to its annual , paid 48 individuals more than ?150,000 in 2016-17.

The requirement is also likely to lead to greater transparency in 바카라사이트 rare cases in which some universities¡¯ staff are paid more than 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor.

At 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, four staff members were paid more than 바카라사이트 ?355,000 salary earned by Sir Leszek Borysiewicz in 2016-17, with 바카라사이트 highest-paid earning between ?640,000 and ?650,000, university??state. Three staff members at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford earned more than Louise Richardson, its vice-chancellor, whose salary was ?366,000 that year, with 바카라사이트 highest-paid .

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