Despite severe financial struggles across the university sector, over two-thirds of vice-chancellors at cash-strapped institutions enjoyed significant pay rises last year. The Mailhas the story.
Of 66 institutions known to be making redundancies or taking cost-cutting measures, 43 gave their vice chancellor a pay bump.
Some were awarded pay package boosts of up to 26%, with many pocketing total deals worth well over £400,000 a year. …
It comes as Universities U.K., which represents vice chancellors, warned finances in the sector had deteriorated “fast” and demanded Government help.
Consultant Public First has called for a £2.5 billion fund to provide state-backed loans for universities to avoid them going under. It warned that ministers must plan for at least one university collapsing. …
In one example, Teesside University announced a “university-wide voluntary severance scheme” earlier this year – but its Vice Chancellor’s total remuneration package rose by 17%, from £312,139 in 2021/22 to £364,305 in 2022/23.
And Professor Adam Habib, President of London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – where 34 English language and study skills support staff are at risk of losing their jobs – received a total package worth £410,061, up from £324,074 – a 26% increase.
Professor Adam Habib (pictured), President of London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
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DickieA
2 months ago
I’ve never understood why the authorities didn’t just leave them for a few days when they glued themselves to roads, pavements and museum and art gallery walls. Sat there in a stinking pool of their own piss would have been quite entertaining.
It would have been even better to provide them with glues that don’t dissolve in water or solvent, then they would have needed pneumatic drills to remove the road surface and it would have remained attached for weeks until new skin grew beneath it.
Because they were just the provisional wing of the Net Zero objective and “the authorities” supported their policy. Rather like political Sinn Fein supported the Provisional IRA.
So there we have it – Energy Insecurity Kommissar (and fruitcake of Marxist loins) Miliband cares more about pandering to Just Stop Oil fruitcakes, than about granting North Sea exploration licenses to help sustain future continuity of gas and electricity supply to every household and business in the country.
State-sponsored energy-crime against the humanity of the British people.
The Kommissar Must Fall.
Last edited 2 months ago by Art Simtotic
Heretic
2 months ago
But of course you know the real reason they’re “abandoning” their protests, don’t you?
The Upper Middle Class Lefty Liberal Green Eco-Women got a taste of prison, and found they didn’t like mingling with the lower classes. They’re fine with that for Tommy Robinson types, dahling, but not for themselves.
You do realise Cressida Gethin is going to miss her brother’s wedding? That’s dedication for you. I’ll bet Cambridge U holds a place open for her though.
Yes …. the oh so brave Eco Warriors didn’t expect to actually be sent to prison for more than a token day or so.
Ron Smith
2 months ago
“ JSO boasted that by changing Government policy, it was “one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history”.
Er No, you are hardly resistance if the only difference you have with the establishment is the speed of implementation. Bunch of idiots, hardly the French Resistance.
Pete Sutton
2 months ago
“4.4billion barrells left in the ground” So still there, for use in more enlightened times… thanks, JSO.
Yep. And give them lots to eat and drink. Make an exhibit of them.
On the other hand… Nah, someone might have thrown soup over them.
DontPanic
2 months ago
A quote from the book A song for the river by Philip Connors, author of Fire Season. Speaking of the National Forest change of policy from stamping out all burns to allowing controlled burns – In 1978 “An area of 30000 acres of wilderness would be allowed to burn in prescribed natural fires…a belated recognition that the land had burned for millennia….A big fire is just the birthday of the next forest.” Thus demonstrating that politicians and their advisers were proved wrong in their policy which had allowed the build up of brush that then caused even bigger fires in the long run. You can’t control nature.
Grim Ace
2 months ago
Tabatha and Tarquin Heathcote Smythe can find something else to do with daddy’s money, now. They can stop helping to increase energy costs for ordinary working class people. Just Stop Oil are eco scum and an enemy of the poor. I despise the air they breathe. Hope they don’t breed so their useless genes are removed from the gene pool.
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I’ve never understood why the authorities didn’t just leave them for a few days when they glued themselves to roads, pavements and museum and art gallery walls. Sat there in a stinking pool of their own piss would have been quite entertaining.
It would have been even better to provide them with glues that don’t dissolve in water or solvent, then they would have needed pneumatic drills to remove the road surface and it would have remained attached for weeks until new skin grew beneath it.
I like your thinking.
Something similar happened in Germany in some car showroom, they glued themselves in there and the staff just left for the weekend.
Hahahaha!
Brilliant!
Because they were just the provisional wing of the Net Zero objective and “the authorities” supported their policy. Rather like political Sinn Fein supported the Provisional IRA.
Or just rip the bar stewards off leaving their skin behind.
So there we have it – Energy Insecurity Kommissar (and fruitcake of Marxist loins) Miliband cares more about pandering to Just Stop Oil fruitcakes, than about granting North Sea exploration licenses to help sustain future continuity of gas and electricity supply to every household and business in the country.
State-sponsored energy-crime against the humanity of the British people.
The Kommissar Must Fall.
But of course you know the real reason they’re “abandoning” their protests, don’t you?
The Upper Middle Class Lefty Liberal Green Eco-Women got a taste of prison, and found they didn’t like mingling with the lower classes. They’re fine with that for Tommy Robinson types, dahling, but not for themselves.
You do realise Cressida Gethin is going to miss her brother’s wedding? That’s dedication for you. I’ll bet Cambridge U holds a place open for her though.
Poor lamb.
Spot on.
Yes …. the oh so brave Eco Warriors didn’t expect to actually be sent to prison for more than a token day or so.
“ JSO boasted that by changing Government policy, it was “one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history”.
Er No, you are hardly resistance if the only difference you have with the establishment is the speed of implementation. Bunch of idiots, hardly the French Resistance.
“4.4billion barrells left in the ground” So still there, for use in more enlightened times… thanks, JSO.
And all the oil that is coming out of the ground around the World? Is Phoebe interested in that staying in the ground?
The closure of JSO probably has more to do with defunding than government policy.
USAid perhaps?
Yup, I reckon so. The money’s dried up.
How much money do they need for some (oil based) banners, high vis vests and glue?
They should have just left the protestors glued to the wall, build a cage around them.
Yep. And give them lots to eat and drink. Make an exhibit of them.
On the other hand… Nah, someone might have thrown soup over them.
A quote from the book A song for the river by Philip Connors, author of Fire Season. Speaking of the National Forest change of policy from stamping out all burns to allowing controlled burns – In 1978 “An area of 30000 acres of wilderness would be allowed to burn in prescribed natural fires…a belated recognition that the land had burned for millennia….A big fire is just the birthday of the next forest.” Thus demonstrating that politicians and their advisers were proved wrong in their policy which had allowed the build up of brush that then caused even bigger fires in the long run. You can’t control nature.
Tabatha and Tarquin Heathcote Smythe can find something else to do with daddy’s money, now. They can stop helping to increase energy costs for ordinary working class people. Just Stop Oil are eco scum and an enemy of the poor. I despise the air they breathe. Hope they don’t breed so their useless genes are removed from the gene pool.
Haha! “Tabatha and Tarquin Heathcote Smythe”— made me laugh!
These clowns will still protest, it’s what they do. They will latch on to another ’cause’ to protest about.