Russell Group

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The Russell Group is a self-selected association of 24 public research universities in the UK.


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  • Feb.09.2018: Elite universities attack 'disproportionate' plans to force them to publish salaries of staff earning more than £150,000. The new Office for Students has pledged to tackle the 'excessive pay of vice chancellors’ and proposes that universities publish data on the highest salaries. Institutions must also disclose 'full details of the remuneration packages of those staff, including bonuses and pension contributions' and provide a justification of this pay that references 'performance against outcome measures'. In its response to the OfS consultation, the Russell Group says that 'around 75% of those paid over £150,000 are on academic contracts (including clinical academics where the pay scales are set by the NHS)'. The Russell Group has urged the OfS to allow universities to continue with current arrangements under which they sign up to the Committee of University Chairs’ voluntary code on pay, which is currently under review, according to the Times Higher Education magazine. The University of Birmingham, which paid 48 staff more than £150,000 last year, said it had concerns about the regulatory burden of publishing salaries. At the University of Cambridge, four staff members were paid more than the £355,000 salary earned by Sir Leszek Borysiewicz in 2016-17. The highest-paid earned between £640,000 and £650,000, university accounts show. Three staff members at the University of Oxford earned more than Louise Richardson, its vice-chancellor, whose salary was £366,000 that year, with the highest-paid earning between £880,000 and £890,000. Daily Mail Online, Eleanor Harding