NSW vice-chancellors get big pay bumps despite universities plunging into the red

Critics say million-dollar salaries are ‘wildly out of touch’, as annual reports show some academic chiefs got $200,000 raise last year

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Many of New South Wales’s top vice-chancellors received large pay increases last year at the same time public universities across the state plunged into deficit.

The 2022 annual reports of NSW universities, lodged on Wednesday, revealed five vice-chancellors received pay increases – some worth an extra $200,000 – despite the fortunes of their institutions reversing.