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Bath University Students Furious Over ‘Golden Handshake’ For Boss Amid Row Over \u00a3470,000 Salary<\/b>
\nBath University students are furious after the institution\u2019s \u00a3470,000-a-year vice chancellor stepped down amid a pay row – only to be offered a \u201cgolden handshake\u201d deal.<\/p>\n

It was announced on Monday that Dame Professor Glynis Breakwell – the highest paid vice chancellor (VC) in the UK – would leave her role in August following criticism from staff and students over her salary and benefits package, which amounts to almost three times that of the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

The pay packets of university bosses has become a point of contention as student loans have crept past the \u00a39,000 mark, with former education minister Lord Adonis taking the floor of the House of Lords in July to slam their \u201cgreed\u201d, specifically criticising Breakwell in his scathing attack.<\/p>\n

While more than 300 university workers have called for Breakwell\u2019s resignation over the issue, hundreds of students were set to protest her salary in an \u201cunprecedented\u201d campus rally on Thursday.<\/p>\n

A vote of no confidence in the VC was also reached by Bath\u2019s student union earlier this week.<\/p>\n

But while students say they are \u201chappy to see her go\u201d, they have slammed the university\u2019s decision to allow Breakwell a six month sabbatical on full pay after she steps down, despite the institution\u2019s insistence the 65-year-old will receive \u201cno payments for loss of employment\u201d.<\/p>\n

The university confirmed that while Breakwell will cease to be VC at the end of the academic year in August, she will officially retire in February 2019 to give her time to \u201cfurther her academic research for a semester\u201d and allow an \u201corderly transition\u201d.<\/p>\n

The institution will also write off a \u00a331,489 car loan for Breakwell, as agreed on her appointment in 2001.<\/p>\n

Politics student Clementine Boucher described the situation as \u201cunacceptable\u201d, saying it has triggered \u201cso much student anger\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBreakwell\u2019s leaving is great in one sense, as it shows they [the university] are listening to our demands,\u201d the 22-year-old told HuffPost UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the fact they are willing to let her go with a golden handshake shows they are trying to fool us.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey wanted to undercut the momentum of the referendum and tomorrow\u2019s demo,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the group Bath Students Against Fees and Cuts,\u00a0Thursday\u2019s protest over the VC\u2019s pay is still going ahead, despite news of Breakwell\u2019s departure. Around 350 students are expected to attend the rally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought the announcement of the VC\u2019s resignation was a victory for us, but it turns out that, as usual, management have fucked<\/a> us over,\u201d the group wrote on Facebook, referring to Breakwell\u2019s \u201cgolden resignation handshake\u201d.<\/p>\n

Calling for the university\u2019s governors to resign, the post continued: \u201cGlynis has presided over massive staff pay freezes and the casualisation of their contracts, as well as over the rise in our fees and rents.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe and her management team run this university like a business and for the interest of a small elite staff minority. It is extremely unlikely that this will change after her departure, unless management promises a structural overhaul or their operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey tried to shut down student voices by not letting the referendum and demo being carried out to show the true extent of student anger. Thursday\u2019s demo is still on, we\u2019ll show them who\u2019s boss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second year politics and international relations student Francesco Masala added: \u201cThe departure package is a kick in the face to the student and staff body.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe move was supposed to put a stop to the student protest, but it actually just added fuel to the fire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBreakwell is the tip of the iceberg, the controller of the iceberg, and removing her doesn\u2019t erase the whole problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe will be gone, but the paramount goal is making sure that nobody else can fill her shoes in the future, and do the exact same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, Breakwell said she had served the university \u201cto the best of my ability\u201d during her time in office.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 2001 the University has changed dramatically,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has almost tripled in size and is now among the top universities in the UK. It has had many great achievements in its first 51 years and it will go on to be even greater.\u201d\u00a0
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