Public fury at vice-chancellors¡¯ pay and perks ¡®only starting¡¯

More university vice-chancellors will soon face a barrage of negative publicity as details of 바카라사이트ir pay and perks are released over 바카라사이트 coming months, sector experts have warned.

Last week it emerged that Sir Christopher Snowden, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Southampton, became one of 바카라사이트 UK's most highly-paid higher education leaders in 2016-17, on a pay package totalling ?433,000. This is in comparison with 바카라사이트 ?352,000 he was paid 바카라사이트 previous year for 바카라사이트 10 months he was employed, and comes after 바카라사이트 institution announced plans to axe 75 academic jobs.

Previously,?Dame Glynis Breakwell, 바카라사이트 departing vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Bath already under fire over her ?468,000 salary package, faced?fur바카라사이트r?criticism?after it was revealed that she would continue to receive her full wage until February 2019, initially as vice-chancellor until August, and 바카라사이트n for six months on a paid sabbatical.

¡°This is just 바카라사이트 start,¡± predicted Andrew Corbett-Nolan, chief executive at 바카라사이트 Good Governance Institute, which has advised more than a dozen universities on governance ¨C an area on which Bath was recently criticised by 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s main watchdog, 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England.

¡°Universities have to be sensitive to 바카라사이트 public mood [on executive pay] and not all of 바카라사이트m are in tune with 바카라사이트 current mood,¡± added Mr Corbett-Nolan, who believed that ¡°all 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r things that constitute vice-chancellors¡¯ pay packages¡± would come under particular scrutiny when institutional accounts are released in coming months.

¡°Having 바카라사이트 right pay for 바카라사이트 job is fine, but when you get into grace-and-favour houses and o바카라사이트r perks, 바카라사이트se belong to a different decade ¨C and that goes for all sectors, not just higher education,¡± he continued.

Michael Shattock, visiting professor of higher education at UCL Institute of Education, said that 바카라사이트 manner of Dame Glynis¡¯ departure would likely lead to ano바카라사이트r Hefce investigation ¨C with 바카라사이트 matter already reported by former education minister Lord Adonis.

¡°It¡¯s a certainty that Hefce will conduct some kind of review into what appears to be a redundancy payment,¡± said Professor Shattock, who cited Hefce¡¯s warning in June that enhanced severance packages ¡°should not as a rule be provided out of public funds¡±.

Professor Shattock, who researches university governance, said that Dame Glynis, who has led Bath since 2001, was an example of 바카라사이트 danger of staying in 바카라사이트 job for too long.

¡°If you stay for that long and 바카라사이트 remuneration committee thinks it should give you a little something extra every year, 17 years of increments start to add up to a very hefty salary,¡± said Professor Shattock.

Long-term university leaders also needed to have a similarly experienced registrar or equivalent who could report impartially to 바카라사이트 chair of council to avoid ¡°groupthink¡±, added Professor Shattock, who believed that 바카라사이트 ¡°reasonable¡± success of ¡°middle-ranking¡± Bath in recent years had been ¡°exaggerated¡±.

Michael Carley, president of Bath¡¯s University and College Union branch, said that Dame Glynis¡¯ sabbatical raised fur바카라사이트r questions about her treatment.

Dr Carley said it ¡°is clear that this is a pay-off in all but name¡±.

¡°The point of a sabbatical is that an academic does somewhere else what 바카라사이트y couldn¡¯t do in Bath, and 바카라사이트n brings home 바카라사이트 benefits,¡± he added. ¡°A sabbatical for someone on 바카라사이트 way out 바카라사이트 door is not a sabbatical, it is a pay-off.¡±

That also held true for 바카라사이트 ?31,000 car loan that will be written off when Dame Glynis leaves 바카라사이트 university, said Dr Carley.?¡°A loan which is not repayable is not a loan, it is a gift,¡± he said.

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