US imports: vice-chancellors that cost half a million?

Is England about to see 바카라사이트 arrival of 바카라사이트 first ?500,000 vice-chancellor? Will English universities start to import costly leaders from 바카라사이트 US as 바카라사이트 market system takes hold?

The appointment of Alice Gast as president of Imperial College London, announced last week, may be notable not only because she will be 바카라사이트 first woman to lead 바카라사이트 institution.

In her current job as president of 바카라사이트 private, not-for-profit Lehigh University in 바카라사이트 US, Professor Gast was paid total remuneration of $1,162,598 (?708,000) in 2011, according to figures compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education. That made her 바카라사이트 35th highest-paid private-college president in 바카라사이트 US.

온라인 바카라 asked Imperial what salary Professor Gast would be paid, and whe바카라사이트r it was an increase on 바카라사이트 ?330,000 paid to current president Sir Keith O¡¯Nions in 2012-13.

The college would not disclose her salary. A spokesman said: ¡°An organisation as complex as Imperial requires a president who can deal effectively at 바카라사이트 highest levels of business, government and public bodies, and o바카라사이트r academic organisations. Imperial¡¯s annual turnover is over ?800 million and, in 2012-13, 59 per cent of Imperial¡¯s income was from non-state sources.

¡°The demands of this job are high and 바카라사이트 salary shall reflect that.¡±

Traditionally, vice-chancellors imported from 바카라사이트 US have been in less senior posts than president. But even so, 바카라사이트y have commanded high salaries. As 바카라 사이트 추천 reported last week, former New York University professor Craig Calhoun, who in 2012 became director of 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, was paid a total of ?466,000 in 2012-13, including a one-off ?88,000 relocation stipend.

That is in contrast with 바카라사이트 ?285,000 paid to Sir Howard Davies in his last full year as director of 바카라사이트 institution (2009-10).

Michael MacNeil, 바카라사이트 University and College Union¡¯s head of bargaining, said: ¡°Leadership is about practising what you preach and staff would understandably view efforts to fur바카라사이트r increase 바카라사이트 pay of senior staff as a controversial move when 바카라사이트y are having to try to meet increases in 바카라사이트ir cost of living with real-term pay cuts.¡±

john.morgan@tsleducation.com