Departing Bath Spa v-c paid £808K in final year

This pay package and pay-off is an absolute scandal. Bath Spa is in no way an internationally competitive university with a mere 7000 students and can hardly be rated as a research intensive university. Something stinks.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the VC pay ‘scandals’, what is needed is an independent review of the processes, conducted by people with absolutely no conflict of interest. That is not as easy as it sounds. Excluded from the list of potential members of such a review is anyone currently or recently employed by, or member of a governing board of, any higher education institution or regulatory agency or currently a student. Reviewers however need to have a good understanding of the regulatory framework which, in pursuance of university autonomy, gives carte blanche to governing bodies to establish pay and conditions of senior staff. I think there must be a good few of us around who could help out if asked, with no pre-conceptions. Dennis Farrington Co-author, The Law of Higher Education

The mis-management at Bath Spa needs urgent investigation. Why was she given such a large pay-off??? Did she have a new contract that they suddently decided she should not complete - if so for what reason ???? Also what expenses has she run up over her years at Bath Spa???? https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/889191/university-tuition-fees-extortionate-vice-chancellor-bath-spa-salary-jo-johnson http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2981009/University-vice-chancellor-spent-42-000-taxpayers-money-jetting-world-BUSINESS-class-just-one-year.html How can someone at a pretty low ranking university with only 7000 students and next to no ranking in research be getting such a high salary??? Bath Spa Governors need to be held to account for this mess and if she has got a pay-off because they think she is no good at her job then the scandal just gets bigger.

As someone with year's of experience in the professional design sector, I was, and continue to be appalled at the standard of education and quality of the work turned out by students at Bath Spa. It is outrageous that young design students are led to believe that the near £30k they spend at the College will equip them for a career. Firstly the career numbers just aren't out there in the real world and secondly less than 10% are anywhere near good enough to be employable.