Universities will have to justify excessive senior pay under new rules

Glynis Breakwell, the vice-chancellor of Bath University, was paid £468,000 in 2015-16.Universities that pay vice-chancellors more than 8.5 times the institution’s average salary will have to publicly justify their decision, under new guidelines aimed at curbing excessive pay.The new code aims to provide a framework for ensuring senior staff receive “fair, appropriate and justifiable” pay, and comes in the wake of damaging headlines on the issue – particularly of th