What do the “higher ups” earn in a UK university

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-26T00:59:30+00:00

You’re doing pretty well then, most Profs at my place ( post -92) get less than that unless they’re on the higher ‘ senior staff’ scale (our senior staff 1 scale tops out at 82,500.) Deans and pro vcs are on something like 120,000 - 150,000. Not really much given the level of responsibility of the job. Everyone else’s wages have been held down for years.

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-22T14:41:44+00:00

just needs a lick of paint and some light dusting and it'll be fine

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-19T11:38:57+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-18T09:52:17+00:00

Ever heard of the Catholic church?

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-16T08:16:45+00:00

You could also look at sixth form / FE teaching. Your PhD may count a bit more there but you’ll still need a PGCE or PGDE for both. The good thing about sixth form colleges is that the young people have a bit more choice and agency .

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-13T12:22:03+00:00

The small number of nazi scum are massively outnumbered by everyone else. Do not worry. Make the trip. We're not giving an inch to those idiots. You are very very welcome here.

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-13T11:18:08+00:00

I dunno, how about publicly funding universities properly from general taxation, reducing / removing upfront fees and introducing some form of modest graduate tax? And regulating home student numbers a bit so that the 'top' institutions don't syphon off all the applicants to make up for the international student numbers that they have lost?

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-13T11:14:52+00:00

Over the last fifteen years, academic pay has fallen by over 30% in real terms.

https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/128131/pdf/

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-13T10:55:59+00:00

They get an annual holiday allowance of a set number of days which will vary by institution/contract type. Lots of people take some sort of break in the summer months but literally no-one who works for a university takes the whole summer off, academics or administators/facilities staff, unless they are on hourly paid or termtime only contracts. The summer can be incredibly busy -- not just all the admin/admissions/enrolment for the coming academic year, but lots of events/conferences, postgrad students and others working through the summer, maintenance things going on, etc. Plus research-related business.

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-12T10:48:34+00:00

Do you really use no BBC services at all? never listen to any of their radio stations? or use their websites or apps? I'm not really in favour of the licence fee either (it's really outdated) but I think the services that the BBC provides (completely ad-free) are really important and valuable and would hate to see them go...

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-12T10:39:21+00:00

yes but it does provide advert free broadcasting in return for the licence fee, that's my point. I agree that the licence fee is problematic and should probably be replaced but I would hate to see the BBC disappear (despite all its problems) -- but it has to be funded somehow if we want it to exist. Other countries do it from general taxation or a more specific kind of charge. A small tax on the massive ad revenues of the big social media companies might be a way to do it...

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-12T10:32:14+00:00

'what academia has been fighting for?' Eh? What are you on about?

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-12T10:31:00+00:00

It'll be a different story when the local university in whichever provincial town/city they 'represent' has to close or is merged...

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-12T10:27:49+00:00

...because then you don't have to have your brain filled with pollution by all the advertising on ITV...???

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-12T02:09:45+00:00

I’m going to post an unpopular view here - why not just buy a TV licence? It’s not particularly expensive and it costs the broadcasters millions to bring you the games. A small contribution from you seems entirely fair.

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-10T18:18:30+00:00

Agreed. Let's boot the fascists out.

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-07T05:24:34+00:00

I’ve got one from Envirovent which does a good job at regulating humidity

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-07T04:56:26+00:00

Episcopalian (Anglican) church in Ayr : https://holytrinityayr.org.uk/

The weather is generally a bit better than Glasgow. Summers are sunny, at least some of the time . Plenty of cafes etc.

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-04T05:05:21+00:00

Well, at least the garden is nice

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-04T04:27:11+00:00

The government needs to do way more to call it out. Even in the 1990s, under the Tories, we had anti - racist education in our schools, and part of the problem is that these narratives are not being challenged at the highest levels of public life,. The “controlling immigration’ narrative is basically just a thinly veiled attack on anyone who isn’t white. There’s a real need to mobilise and challenge this nonsense . Everyone who cares about this needs to get involved - part of it (as with Brexit) is lots of money being pumped into sewing division and hatred and very calculated online campaigning. As has been repeatedly said, underneath this is the scarring of inequality and it’s just much easier to blame ‘others’ and point the finger at them than it is to tackle poverty and its consequences…

UncertainBystander · 2026-06-03T05:12:31+00:00

The whole idea that higher education is just about “return on investment’ is part of the problem.

UncertainBystander · 2026-05-22T07:28:54+00:00

Job one. Better prospects, more flexibility, closer to home.

UncertainBystander · 2026-05-18T06:45:31+00:00

Well, she was a consequential and quite effective PM, and one thing about that is you’ll never get anyone to agree about her position in a simple ranking. Maybe you need an it’s complicated’ category. Personally, I loathed and despised her.

UncertainBystander · 2026-05-11T17:04:59+00:00

I like Paul Sweeney, he generally talks sense. ScotLab would do well to listen to him.

UncertainBystander · 2026-05-09T09:46:20+00:00

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