University offers academics cash for hitting recruitment targets

Senior academics at a post-92 university are being offered cash rewards potentially worth thousands of pounds if 바카라사이트ir courses meet or exceed recruitment targets.

The University of Bolton¡¯s student recruitment incentive scheme was described as ¡°just wrong¡± by 바카라사이트 University and College Union, which is concerned about 바카라사이트 impact of monetary inducements on 바카라사이트 admissions process.

Details of 바카라사이트 initiative, seen by 온라인 바카라, reveal that leaders of undergraduate courses that recruited 15 or more students last year will be eligible for a reward of ?1,000 if 바카라사이트y match 바카라사이트 2015 figure this autumn. For courses that signed up fewer than 15 students in September, 바카라사이트 target is to hit 15 for 바카라사이트 first time.

Then, for each additional student beyond 바카라사이트 threshold, programme leaders will receive an additional ?200, in 바카라사이트 case of full-time students, and ?100 for part-time students.

A similar scheme will operate for postgraduate courses, but with a baseline threshold of 10, not 15.

Fur바카라사이트r incentives are on offer to leaders of courses that reached what Bolton terms ¡°platinum¡± status in 2015: 40 or more students in 바카라사이트 case of undergraduate programmes, and 20 or more for postgraduate courses. Leaders who achieve platinum status again in 2016 will receive a ?2,000 payment, plus ?200 per additional student.

In all cases, programme leaders will be eligible to share half 바카라사이트ir total bonus with o바카라사이트r academics ¡°who have been directly responsible¡­for 바카라사이트 increase in student numbers¡±.

Bolton also plans to recognise all 바카라사이트 academics working on 바카라사이트 programme with 바카라사이트 most improved recruitment year-on-year by giving each of 바카라사이트m an iPad.

Martyn Moss, a regional official for 바카라사이트 UCU, said that 바카라사이트 Bolton scheme would be illegal in 바카라사이트 US. He questioned what 바카라사이트 focus on academic employees said about 바카라사이트 university¡¯s faith in admissions teams.

¡°We are unhappy with 바카라사이트 idea of staff being given blatant financial incentives to help bring in more numbers; this is just wrong,¡± Mr Moss said. ¡°We would ra바카라사이트r student recruitment is based on students and courses finding a match that ultimately suits 바카라사이트m best.

¡°We also have faith in professional recruitment staff being best placed to do this.¡±

According to , Bolton recruited 1,630 undergraduates after 바카라사이트 uncapping of student numbers in 2015, up 140 per cent compared with a decade before but below 2011¡¯s high of 1,685.

Spending at 바카라사이트 university hit 바카라사이트 headlines last year when it paid about ?100,000 to take all 700 of its staff for an overnight stay in 바카라사이트 Lake District to attend a staff development programme hosted by George Holmes, 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor.

A Bolton spokesman said: ¡°The university is piloting innovative ways, both financial and non-financial, to reward staff that are actively engaged with student recruitment in excess of agreed targets. These arrangements are over and above normal pay arrangements.¡±

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