Lecturers at the University of Bedfordshire turn on ‘pay and perks’ vice-chancellor

‘In an email to staff, Mr Rammell said the job cuts form part of a £2.5m cost-cutting plan. But staff and unions are angry that their vice-chancellor is calling for deeper cuts at a time when the university is near the bottom of academic league tables. They are also incensed that he flew first or business class three times to Beijing and once to Miami with Helen Bailey, a professor of dance who was promoted to executive dean on a six-figure salary last year.

The China and US trips all took place between August 2013 – when Mr Rammell and Ms Bailey began a relationship – and June last year. The cost of air fares alone is believed to be more than £30,000. First- and business-class air travel is a contractual right of the vice-chancellor.’

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