University vice-Chancellor handed 67 per cent salary increase as pay row intensifies

‘A university vice-Chancellor has been handed a 67 per cent pay rise at a time when his staff were forced to accept real-terms cuts, new figures reveal.
Professor Bob Cryan has seen his salary increase by £146,261 since tuition fees were trebled in 2012, despite the university operating a 1 per cent annual pay rise–below inflation–for its staff.
His six-figure pay hike emerged yesterday as part of a study into vice-Chancellor pay, which found that dozens of university leaders have seen their pay packages surge by more than 20 per cent over the past five years.
Professor Cryan’s £364,564 salary is nearly 25 per cent higher than the average pay package for a university vice-Chancellor.
He is now the 15th best-paid vice-Chancellor in the country, despite the University of Huddersfield sitting in 72nd place in the national rankings, according to The Complete University Guide.’
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