Knights top pay league

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The salaries of knighted university Vice Chancellors are 31% higher than their counterparts without public honours, says a report by University of Bradford economists. Vice Chancellors of the new universities are paid more than those of the older institutions. Vice Chancellors with a scientific background also earn nearly 15% more than those in the humanities, arts or social sciences. Those with a professorship earn 13% more than those with a doctorate.

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Patten lays down pay line; government refuses to go to arbitration over pay deal

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The Secretary of State for Education, John Patten, has refused to allow university pay claims to proceed to arbitration. The 1992 settlement is for less than 5%, 0.75% of which is related to performance. Inflation is at 4%. Academics are angry as they feel that productivity has increased over recent years but this has not been reflected in pay settlements.

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Most staff would pursue pay at students' expense

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In principle, some 66 percent of academics are prepared to take industrial action over wages, even if this affects students, according to a poll by ICM. Only 20 percent of those polled said that industrial action which affected students could never be justified.

United Kingdom, Financial management, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Personnel administration, Colleges and universities, Finance, Surveys, Labor relations, Company financing

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