Students have slammed the idea, put forward by University top bosses, that the Vice Chancellor’s salary is ‘modest’.
University registrar David Duncan defended the 1.7 per cent rise in salary over a year for the Vice Chancellor by pointing out that it is ‘modest’ compared to the half a mill salary of Craig Calhoun, the VC of LSE, and the £400,000 earned by the VC of the University of Birmingham.
In comparison Lamberts, according to latest figures, earns closer to quarter of a mill at £236k per annum.
This is over seven times the average pay for a lecturer in the UK, and fifteen times the pay of those on the Living Wage. It’s also almost double what David Cameron earns!
Vision can reveal that the University of York is ‘PROUD’ to pay its lowest paid staff 1/15th of what it pays its Vice Chancellor.
Angered third year George Hughes, commented; “If quarter of a million is modest, then by their very definition, what are they paying their lecturers? Lecturers teach us, contribute research to the university, host office hours for us, run our colleges and help us with our degrees, what does the VC even do?”
Al Riddell, station manager of URY and third year student commented; “After a tiring year of popping champagne and schmoozing the rich, 236k is the bare minimum I’d expect. Seriously though, the whole situation stinks like a plate of Koen’s caviar.”
The Editor of The Lemon Press, Sophie Gadd, was less than impressed with the University’s response and commented; “His salary is almost ten times the UK average yearly wage. I’d hardly call that modest.”
Staff from the University of York have been participating in strikes – although we have one of the lowest turnouts for industrial action in the country, at 4 per cent – because of their docked pay, and will be announcing whether the marking boycott will take place shortly, after discussions between UCU and University Management.
What Vision could buy with Lamberts’ salary:
>> 3,025 tubs of Beluga caviar
>> 2,165 bottles of Dom Perignon
>> Pay for James and Derwent to go and see Beyonce
>> 15 top quality 1 carat diamonds
>> How many lecturers you can pay: 7
>> How many people on the living wage you can pay: 14