New financial analysis by UCU shows that 26 principals received pay rises of over 10% in 2021/22 and one principal's total package rose to over £360k. The average increase was 4%, four times higher than the 1% employer body the Association of Colleges (AoC) recommended for staff in that year.
The AoC sets salaries so low that qualified lecturers are paid as little as £26k. It has so far failed to make any recommendation on pay whatsoever this year (2023/24), despite the government providing additional funding to colleges on an 'equivalent' basis to the school funding which resulted in teachers getting a 6.5% increase.
The analysis comes with strike ballots set to https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13154/Scores-of-English-colleges-face-strike-ballot-over-low-pay" style="color: rgb(176, 12, 98); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" rel="noopener">open at 89 colleges across England next week in a fight over low pay and poor working conditions.
