How 22 universities employ more than 100 staff earning £100,000: Figures revealed after Lord Adonis attacks university senior staff’s pay levels

‘The scale of pay largesse in Britain’s universities has been revealed in a study showing 22 of them pay more than 100 of their staff six-figure salaries.
While the vast majority are in the elite Russell Group of research-led institutions, three received the lowest possible rank for teaching standards.
Some universities have even larger numbers on generous pay packets.
Seven pay more than 200 staff £100,000 or more – while at three institutions more than 400 receive this amount.
The figures, revealed by the University and College Union (UCU), come after Lord Adonis attacked university senior staff’s pay levels earlier this week.
He told the House of Lords that Dame Glynis Breakwell of the University of Bath, the highest-paid vice-chancellor in the UK, got a pay rise of 11 per cent this year to £451,000. Lord Adonis said it set an ‘example of greed’.’

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