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A university vice chancellor has defended his £230,000 salary amid accusations by a former higher education minister that institutions’ top managements are operating a “cartel”.

Bill Rammell, VC of the University of Bedfordshire, said he did “a very demanding job in a competitive market” and denied claims that soaring tuition fees were going to fund a bloated layer of managers at the expense of students and academic staff.

But Andrew Adonis, a former HE minister, said salaries for top management should be slashed across the sector to show “leadership” and to help reduce fees, which he now believes were a mistake.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7840401.html