Vice-chancellor pay

Mechanisms to determine university leaders’ salaries are opaque and unreliable. We need more meaningful metrics, says Adrian Furnham

Average leader’s remuneration stood at £308,000 last year, according to analysis of 118 university accounts

For all their collegiality, pay disparity in Australian universities is ‘not out of step’ with big business

Up to 50 staff at wealthier Australian institutions out-earn the average English vice-chancellor, FOI documents reveal

Research shows need for strong checks and balances on power of executive, according to authors

Clash over officials’ salaries occurs against a backdrop of resentment over union leadership’s pandemic tactics

Alice Gast emerges as top-paid leader among Russell Group

Audit finds shortcomings in Australian university’s capital works, budget, fraud control and executive pay arrangements

Regulator dismisses Australian university’s claim that it is primarily a commercially funded organisation

London institution’s president received highest basic salary across English sector in 2019-20, says regulator

Transparency ‘doesn’t go far enough’, says South Australian Greens MP

Voluntary principles may be a fait accompli, with chancellors who endorsed them also sitting on remuneration committees

Whitlam and HECS fostered a ‘social psychology’ of indifference towards higher education, Australasian conference hears

Bosses of private institutions that collect millions of pounds from student loans have received generous share and dividend awards

Notwithstanding their generosity in 2020, most university leaders will be back to seven-figure earnings as the crisis really bites

Statement in financial accounts explaining Bolton leader’s pay runs to almost two and a half pages

New Sydney boss to earn much less than his predecessor – but more than Michael Spence’s current income in the UK

Accounts show two leaders departed roles with payments of almost £200,000 while others received inflation-busting uplifts to salaries

Governments must step in because remuneration committees cannot resist upward pressure on executive salaries, researchers argue

Seven-figure pay packets raise questions over strategic leadership in year when universities’ business model crashed

While institutional accounts indicate that the average university boss could have pocketed seven-digit earnings last year, 2020 will be a different story

Many bosses lead from the front, ceding 20-plus per cent of their pay to help plug pandemic shortfalls

Sydney v-c says upcoming move to London ‘made more interesting’ by uncertainty around city’s global position 

Scottish Funding Council review condemns how bumper payments to secure ‘orderly exit’ of Sir Ian Diamond were awarded

Average remuneration across mission group stands at £348,090, or £356,450 including pension contributions

Average remuneration hits A$982,900 (£543,800), Times Higher Education analysis shows

Member of catering staff draws support after appeal to Sir David Eastwood to survive on her salary for a month

Sir Ian Diamond reportedly did not trigger his 12-month notice period until his departure from the university

Shift in council membership may be factor in escalating vice-chancellor pay

Lancaster University head will succeed Sir Christopher Snowden in October

Tough stances on grade inflation, unconditional offers and senior pay will help maintain global excellence, says Michael Barber 

A comparison of pay data with the THE rankings offers insights on which leaders provide the best value for money

Education secretary Damian Hinds’ call for more scrutiny of decision-making behind vice-chancellors’ ‘high pay’ may lead to problems, experts warn

David Green says exposing pay disparities within universities may encourage removing lower-paid staff from direct payroll

Average salary rise of £8,000 awarded to English university leaders highlights ‘lightweight’ nature of new regulator, says University and College Union

Modest remuneration rises and inclusion of housing costs push average pay packets past £350,000 mark

Latest remuneration figures bring prospect of more criticism for UK universities

Sector observers predict that universities will take the chance to rein in executive remuneration

Cambridge deputy to succeed Dame Glynis Breakwell in April

University chiefs’ remuneration rising at more than double the rate of staff’s

Analysis of accounts of institutions receiving public funding reveals large salary, bonus and dividend payouts

Office for Students vows to demand justification for university leaders’ salary levels

Committee of University Chairs guidelines say leaders should not be involved in setting their own pay and should be required to justify their salaries

Bolton head’s pay rose by almost 30 per cent despite ministers’ calls for salary restraint

Michael Spence maintains status as Australia’s highest-paid university leader despite cut in salary

The stratospheric sums pocketed by university bosses make little sense, but nothing about salaries makes much sense

Report says Bath governance requires ‘considerable improvement’ to restore trust after Breakwell salary outcry

Average pay packages in Victoria push towards the A$1 million mark amid questions over whether spending more gets you better leadership

Average remuneration for university heads in Queensland in 2017 stands at twice the equivalent UK figure

University and College Union calls for regulator to close loophole that allows institutions to omit details of housing perks from annual statements

First sector-wide analysis of UK vice-chancellors’ pay in 2016-17 reveals more six-figure pay-offs to departing heads

The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team

Market forces unleashed on the UK university sector have pushed up senior pay, fuelled the rows over it and posed questions about ‘value for money’ that are shaping the future of universities

Our annual pay review details v-cs’ remuneration, explores the make-up and workings of the governing bodies that set it, and compares the rewards on offer with those of other sectors

MPs on education select committee suggest vice-chancellors should not be paid more than the prime minister

Making arts and humanities degrees cheaper than science courses would be 'cultural heresy' and 'economic barbarism', argues the University of Hertfordshire's vice-chancellor Quintin McKellar

University and College Union calls for ‘proper transparency of senior pay and perks’

Institutions will need to disclose full details of all those earning more than £150,000 under the regulator’s proposed new rule

Average salary of university leader in country stands at A$890,000 (£509,000)

Analysis of public sector pay claims that university leaders are paid ‘well below’ those in similar leadership positions