Staff seek ‘reform of system which sees those at top allocate themselves huge salaries,while denying just pay to those at bottomMore than 160 academics at the University of Birmingham are protesting over the tall salary and benefits received by the vice-chancellor, Sir David Eastwood, and his team as the controversy over senior staff pay in higher education gathers pace.
Following revelations at Bath and Southampton universities,the Birmingham academics have signed up to an open letter to Birmingham university’s council to highlight Eastwood’s annual pay of £426000, which makes him one of the highest paid vice-chancellors in the UK.
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Source: guardian.co.uk