Goldsmiths allows student on v-c pay committee
A London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to sit on the panel that decides vice-chancellors’ pay, a union has said.
Megan Dunn, vice-president (higher education) of the National Union of Students, welcomed the Goldsmiths move but said more needed to be done.
“There are hundreds of millions of pounds of public money quite rightly going into universities over the next few years, and it’s important that we make sure that this money is used on educational experience and impact, not on increasing already substantial senior salaries,” she said.
“A student perspective should look further than simply scrutinising the pay of senior staff. We must also address the pay ratio between highest and lowest earners as well as greater transparency in the setting and reporting of senior level pay.”
This is big news and good to see. Some fair comments from Megan Dunn too.
-Shana