Ministers agree to monitor pay and awards for vice-chancellors in Wales

It follows a report by the University and College Union (UCU), which found that all but one of Wales’ eight vice-chancellors was last year paid more than £200,000.
Figures showed that Cardiff University’s Professor Colin Riordan was the best-paid university leader in Wales in 2013-14, picking up a total of £271,000 for presiding over the nation’s top-ranked institution. More...