The Uni Vice-Chancellors That Received A HUGE Payrise Last Year

If you didn’t know, Vice-Chancellors are paid some of the highest salaries in the UK.

While the rest of us are feeling the full force of the cost of living crisis, your VC is probably receiving an eye-watering yearly salary. You might be struggling to pay your rent and are questioning what your 9k per year is actually going towards, but your VC is definitely living it up with a hefty 6 figure paycheck.

If you haven’t heard of this before it might shock you to hear that the VC of Imperial College London receives a modest salary of £714,000 PER YEAR.

For most of us, a 6 figure salary is something we can only dream of but every year our VCs are receiving a huge pay rise which is more than most graduates can expect to earn per year. Now while some VCs received a pay rise of 4-8k per year which isn’t hugely out of the ordinary, remember they already earn 6 figures and are earning more than enough already.

Which uni VCs received the biggest pay rises in 2022?

1. Imperial College London- £194,800 pay rise (£714,000 yearly salary)
2. University of Oxford- £83,000 pay rise (£542,000 yearly salary)
3. University of Cambridge- £61,000 pay rise (£526,000 yearly salary)
4. London School of Economics- £53,000 pay rise (£539,000 yearly salary)
5. University of Edinburgh- £43,000 pay rise (£406,000 yearly salary)
6. University of Sheffield- £35,000 pay rise (£357,550 yearly salary)
7. University of York- £33,000 pay rise (£297,953 yearly salary)
8. University of Nottingham- £30,000 pay rise (£333,058 yearly salary)
9. Queen Mary University of London- £29,000 pay rise (£344,941 yearly salary)
10. Cardiff University- £28,000 pay rise (£290,000 yearly salary)
11. University of Leeds- £28,000 pay rise (£330,000 yearly salary)
12. King’s College London- £27,000 pay rise (£399,000 yearly salary)
13. University of Southampton- £22,000 pay rise (£347,000 yearly salary)
14. University of Manchester- £18,000 pay rise (£276,000 yearly salary)
15. University of Glasgow- £15,000 pay rise (£400,000 yearly salary)
16. Queens University Belfast- £12,000 pay rise (£333,000 yearly salary)
17. Newcastle University- £8,000 pay rise (£387,800 yearly salary)
18. University of Liverpool- £4,000 pay rise (£364,900 yearly salary)

So, while the University of Liverpool VC might have had the lowest pay rise of £4k per year with a huge salary of £364,900 per year it’s hardly needed. So, next time you’re questioning where your student loan is going now you know the answer.

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