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04-08-2017, 09:29 AM
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Vice chancellors £500k salary

The vice chancellor of Bath University earns a salary of £500k
I am amazed at this salary .

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/...r-500k-salary/

In a newspaper interview, Vice Chancellor Glynis Breakwell has defended the enormous pay rises she has received in the last eight years. Using words that will inflame most people working in higher education she said “I’m worth it. I’ve been in the job a long time and you do tend to get increases over time in most jobs.” Most people working in HE have seen the value of their pay fall by 15% in the last eight years.

UCU is challenging the Vice Chancellor’s refusal to disclose her expenses, in line with disclosures made by most other Vice Chancellors, and published recently in the national UCU report Transparency at the Top.


For comparison, the Prime Minister earns a total of £149,440 a year, a figure which is within the top 1 per cent of earners.
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04-08-2017, 10:56 AM
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And tuition fees were supposed to be capped at £9000 but have all been set at that rate. Money being printed especially for them IMO
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Originally Posted by Julie1962 ->
And tuition fees were supposed to be capped at £9000 but have all been set at that rate. Money being printed especially for them IMO
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education...fees-hike.html

Students are receiving just 20 minutes more teaching each week in the current academic year compared with 2005/6 when courses cost just £1,000, it was revealed.

A report found that the average student receives just 14 hours a week in “contact time” and has a total workload of 30 hours, including private study.

The report – by Which? and the Higher Education Policy Institute – found large variations by subject discipline and between universities, sparking fears that the disparity could cause “damage” to the reputation of the higher education system.

Students taking physical sciences degrees could receive anything between 11 and 25 hours a week in teaching depending on their chosen university, it emerged.

In a key conclusion, it was claimed that the imposition of tuition fees of up to £9,000 had failed to have any impact on courses, although students themselves are working harder in their spare time.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education...ployers-voice/

The proportion of students leaving university with top honours has reached record levels in the last five years, sparking fresh debate over the current degree classification system.

Last year, more than 104,000 students - or one in four - graduated with a top degree classification, a five-fold increase on the number graduating with a First in 1999.

The figures, which cover UK universities and colleges, will fuelled calls to reform the current system amid concern over grade inflation.

Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi), said the situation needs close monitoring.

"There are valid questions about whether growing competition between universities is encouraging grade inflation and also whether the external examiner system is fit for purpose in every respect," he said.

Commenting on the trend, graduate recruitment expert Martin Birchall, of High Fliers Research, said "It's very hard to understand why more and more students are getting these top grades.

"Degrees are not benchmarked as a national standard, so there is no way of telling whether individual universities are becoming more generous in the degrees they are awarding or whether standards are genuinely rising."
Universities are now just money-making machines, charging a fortune for degree qualifications which are not worth the paper that they're written on.
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04-08-2017, 01:35 PM
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It's sad isn't it, and we are preparing to send two more into the system.
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21-06-2018, 11:21 AM
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Universities risk losing their credibility due to "rocketing" grade inflation, a think tank has said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-44548322

According to Reform, the proportion of firsts awarded almost doubled between 1997-2009 and rose by 26% since 2010.

Its report says:
  • Last year more than 40% of students at the University of Surrey graduated with a first class degree.
  • Since 1995 the proportion of 2:1 degrees rose from 40% to 49%
  • 75% of students achieve one of the top two classifications, compared with 47% in the mid-1990s
  • In more than 50 universities the proportion of first class degrees has doubled since 2010

Their report calls for national tests to set degree grade benchmarks meaning only the top 10% of students could be awarded firsts.

Under Reform's proposals, universities would lose their ability to decide what their students should be awarded.

University leaders have argued a standardised approach would threaten their independence.
"independence" = profitability .....
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21-06-2018, 11:01 PM
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Why is the Prime Minister's salary always used as a marker for excessive pay? The PM is an amateur, in a temporary job, assisted by an army of advisors and civil servants. Not quite the same as running a real company, is it?
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22-06-2018, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Devo ->
Why is the Prime Minister's salary always used as a marker for excessive pay? The PM is an amateur, in a temporary job, assisted by an army of advisors and civil servants. Not quite the same as running a real company, is it?
What like British Home Stores.
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24-06-2018, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Muddy ->
The vice chancellor of Bath University earns a salary of £500k
I am amazed at this salary .

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/...r-500k-salary/

In a newspaper interview, Vice Chancellor Glynis Breakwell has defended the enormous pay rises she has received in the last eight years. Using words that will inflame most people working in higher education she said “I’m worth it. I’ve been in the job a long time and you do tend to get increases over time in most jobs.” Most people working in HE have seen the value of their pay fall by 15% in the last eight years.

UCU is challenging the Vice Chancellor’s refusal to disclose her expenses, in line with disclosures made by most other Vice Chancellors, and published recently in the national UCU report Transparency at the Top.


For comparison, the Prime Minister earns a total of £149,440 a year, a figure which is within the top 1 per cent of earners.
Half a million £s is a bit high I suppose. I think the salary of a PM is very small, for the responsibility they have to take on. However, when you think of the stupid amount of money footballers get paid for merely kicking a ball around a pitch, the salary of Vice Chancellors pales into insignificance.
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24-06-2018, 04:37 PM
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Why always quote footballers they at least earn their pay they don't soak students for it .
Why not the Royal family another lot that get out of jail free as longe as they look good and smile occasionally .

I think vice chancellors -a cushy number if ever there was one are grossly overpaid .
They retire ( at 60 usually ) with massive pension pots -some as much as 2 million.
All paid for by student fees which keeps young people in debt for years .

https://www.theguardian.com/educatio...c-sector-peers
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Originally Posted by Muddy ->
Why always quote footballers they at least earn their pay they don't soak students for it .
Why not the Royal family another lot that get out of jail free as longe as they look good and smile occasionally .

I think vice chancellors -a cushy number if ever there was one are grossly overpaid .
They retire ( at 60 usually ) with massive pension pots -some as much as 2 million.
All paid for by student fees which keeps young people in debt for years .
How can footballers possibly earn the sort of money they do, they only kick a ball around? We would be better off without all professional sports, especially football, because of the problems it causes due to some of its crazy fans.

The Royals are worth every penny, The Queen in particular is never off duty and does an excellent job.
 
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