Highest-paid vice-chancellor edges no confidence vote

The beleaguered vice-chancellor of Bath University has made a public apology and narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence by the university’s senate, shortly after a packed meeting of staff called on her to resign over the lack of transparency in the way pay awards have been made, writes Richard Adams for The Guardian.

Only 19 of the 37 members of the senate – the body responsible for the university’s academic work – voted in support of Glynis Breakwell in the secret ballot last Wednesday, with 16 voting no confidence in her as vice-chancellor, and two abstentions.

The vote revealed the bruising controversy that has erupted over Breakwell’s pay and benefits of £468,000 (US$624,000) a year, making her the United Kingdom’s highest paid vice-chancellor, and the lack of transparency in the way pay awards have been made.
Full report on The Guardian site