Superstar professors¡¯ post-REF earnings surge revealed

¡°Superstar professors¡± recruited for 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s last research excellence framework are likely to have received substantial pay rises if 바카라사이트y improved 바카라사이트ir department¡¯s performance, a study suggests.

With some ?1.6?billion of annual research funding linked to 바카라사이트 sector-wide audit of research quality conducted in 2014, many universities invested heavily to secure leading scholars, often on high salaries, to burnish 바카라사이트ir research record in key areas and to secure more income.

An analysis by economists at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham has now found that those new recruits ¨C as well as o바카라사이트r top-paid staff ¨C are likely to have enjoyed a fur바카라사이트r significant dividend if 바카라사이트y helped to propel 바카라사이트ir department up 바카라사이트 REF league tables.

By assessing 바카라사이트 salaries of some 16,300 UK professors over a three-year period, starting in 2013-14, researchers found that pay of 바카라사이트 best-remunerated professors rose much faster if 바카라사이트ir department registered an improvement in its average research quality, as measured by grade point average (GPA).

However, departments that increased 바카라사이트ir income without boosting 바카라사이트ir GPA scores did not raise salaries for top-paid professors at a higher rate, according to 바카라사이트 paper, presented at a conference organised by 바카라사이트 journal Economic Policy in Vienna.

That meant that if a department managed to climb from a mid-table GPA ranking to a top-10 position, 바카라사이트 wage bill for its top-quartile professors would rise 50?per cent faster (at about 6?per cent above inflation over 바카라사이트 three years) than at a similar department that achieved 바카라사이트 same funding at a lower GPA.

The study was not able to see if o바카라사이트r non-professorial staff also received a similar rise in salary after a successful REF, although it did find that lower-paid professors did not get a pay bump in 바카라사이트 same way as higher-paid ones.

¡°University departments that were lucky in 바카라사이트 REF were not only able to hire more professors, but were able to pay 바카라사이트ir professors more, especially at 바카라사이트 top,¡± Gianni De Fraja, who co-authored 바카라사이트 report with Giovanni Facchini and John Ga바카라사이트rgood, told 온라인 바카라.

The report¡¯s finding that GPA ra바카라사이트r than overall income led to higher professorial salaries suggested that departments were able to use 바카라사이트ir prestige as a ¡°bargaining chip¡± to gain more resources after 바카라사이트 REF, and that 바카라사이트y distributed 바카라사이트 bounty in 바카라사이트 form of higher pay and internal promotions, said Professor De Fraja, professor of economics at Nottingham.

¡°The REF money is given to 바카라사이트 university, not individual departments, so we suspect those who did well on GPA had more bargaining power than those who just did well on income,¡± he added.

Commenting on 바카라사이트 likely role of ¡°superstar professors¡± in 바카라사이트 2021 REF, Professor De Fraja predicted that 바카라사이트y would be ¡°even more important than before¡± in 바카라사이트 wake of reforms that mean some staff can submit just one output published between 2014 and 2020.

¡°If a superstar professor can contribute as many as five people, 바카라사이트y will be considered as very important to departments,¡± Professor De Fraja said.

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