The Wire

As face- to- face time with lecturers decreases and class sizes expand, those in senior management positions at top public universities are enjoying increasingly healthy pay packets. Data tendered to the NSW Government this week revealed what has been described by The National Tertiary Education Union as a ‘salary explosion.’ The highest paid Vice Chancellor at Sydney University received one-point-four-four million dollars, with many senior managers paid more than four-hundred-thousand dollars last year. The Union is calling for this money to be spent on research and quality education rather than senior managers. Hannah Sinclair spoke with Genevieve Kelly, secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union.