Vice-chancellor pay

Replacing England’s tuition fee system with a cheaper and fairer alternative is not as difficult as many claim, says Andrew Adonis

Running a major university today is a hugely demanding job that requires a rare skill set, says Len Shackleton

Amid fresh criticism of executive remuneration, perhaps universities need to rethink the issue of vice-chancellors’ salaries

Universities minister plans tougher protection for students, subject TEF pilot and graduate earnings link

Knee-jerk, uncosted and damaging calls to abolish fees must be resisted, says Bill Rammell

Labour peer calls for funding council intervention on Glynis Breakwell’s salary

Former education minister speaks out on vice-chancellors’ pay, ‘summer holidays’ and academics’ workloads

Jo Johnson takes aim at Southampton’s leader in outspoken attack on ‘sharp increase’ in salaries

Hefce tells English universities that confidentiality agreements should be ‘the exception rather than the norm’

Figures from latest Times Higher Education/Grant Thornton survey highlight ‘arbitrary nature’ of awards, says UCU

In our annual survey of vice-chancellors’ pay, which reveals double-digit hikes for some and more modest rises for others, Simon Baker examines how remuneration committees make their decisions amid calls for greater transparency over the ‘arbitrary’ nature of salary increases

Our annual analysis shows that academic pay is still falling in real terms and that equality is still an issue with regard to gender and ethnicity

University of Bath’s Glynis Breakwell and other vice-chancellors are facing criticism from staff and students over pay increases

Average cost of remunerating v-cs in group rose by 6 per cent last year but salaries still lag those in top US and Australian universities

Although remuneration slipped off the top of the agenda at UK universities last year, generous salary rises for v-cs will not be overlooked, says Jack Grove

Interactive tool allows you to benchmark your vice-chancellor’s pay against key information sets

Accounts reveal remuneration for chief executive, alongside further £1.2m loss on Cyprus campus

Bosses’ pay rose by 3 per cent on average to £272,432, according to a new University and College Union report

Vice-chancellors’ pay in the Russell Group has continued to rise, but bumper salary hikes are increasingly rare, finds Jack Grove

Is Imperial’s appointment of Alice Gast indicative of a changing market?