Better pay deal possible as coffers swell, insist striking staff

THE journalists - rather than just publish Raj's prepared statement on pay demands - why not push him to actually say something meaningful on whether he thinks a 25% pay cut over the last 13 years, and the decimation of pensions, is sustainable for a supposedly world class sector? The reality is that VCs and sector policy makers are presiding over the collapse of the UK as a superpower in higher education and research - this will be their legacy unless some of them start to break ranks.