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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I received an email from the Department for Education in response to my open letter. I thank the Department for Education for responding. They have provided some useful information on senior
management pay . They have not provided any information on current practices for senior management appointments or my request for scholarships for students from economically poor families and first-generation students (first in family to go to university).
So I will send reply to</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> get more information on these topics.</span><span class="x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I would like to get your ideas and inputs on this so that I can respond to this. Please share your inputs by May 10th, so I can reply.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Key information that is useful from the correspondence that I received is below for your information.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">“</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_ContentPasted0">Universities are autonomous and responsible for the pay of their staff. As such,
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<span style="font:9.0px Menlo"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_ContentPasted0">publish specific information in their audited financial statements.</i></span></li><li style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="font:9.0px Menlo"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_ContentPasted0">take into account the code for senior staff remuneration
published by the Committee of University Chairs which can be found at: </i></span><a href="https://www.universitychairs.ac.uk/higher-education-remuneration-code-2/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_ContentPasted0"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);"><i>https://www.universitychairs.ac.uk/higher-education-remuneration-code-2/</i></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_ContentPasted0">.</i></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_ContentPasted0">The latest OfS report on senior staff renumeration in English higher education providers can be found here:
</i></span><a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/357ec4eb-b97b-4841-8e05-9aad1c281aa9/the-2021-senior-pay-report-final-for-web.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_ContentPasted0"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);"><i>https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/357ec4eb-b97b-4841-8e05-9aad1c281aa9/the-2021-senior-pay-report-final-for-web.pdf</i></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_ContentPasted0">.
To note, the analysis covers pay to the heads of higher education providers. It does not include further education or sixth form colleges.”</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">From the email, I understand that it is fully unto the Universities to decide the pay for the senior management staff so there is no Maximum Salary Limit possible. The Office for Students
(OfS) does not have legal powers to regulate the pay of senior staff in the higher education sector directly.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I request you all to kindly share the “</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_ContentPasted0">Right to Quality Education opportunities for
All” </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> open letter with your colleagues and your MP requesting them to kindly raise this topic with the Government of the United Kingdom and support the</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_ContentPasted0">Right
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">The more support that we can get from all MPs and all UK political parties for this, there is more chance to<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> implement
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<b>Sent:</b> 18 April 2023 08:43<br>
</font><b style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Subject:</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Re: Open Letter requesting
the UK Government to reform the UK Higher Education system and implement the right to quality education opportunities for all</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Thank you to all who shared this open letter on</span><span class="x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
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</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">with your colleagues and your MP requesting them to support the right to quality education opportunities for all.</span><span class="x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">btw came across this article in The Guardian on the rise of cronyism and 'chumocracy' in UK Higher Education senior appointments!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Best wishes</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 16 April 2023 19:14<br>
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the UK Government to reform the UK Higher Education system and implement the right to quality education opportunities for all</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I am very grateful to all colleagues for your support and for sharing ideas and information on how to provide more quality education opportunities for students from economically poor families
and first-generation students (first in family to go to university). Thank you to all colleagues who shared their observations and insights on the current state of affairs of the UK Higher Education. It is thanks to your ideas, inputs and support that I am
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for </span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px; text-decoration:none"></span><span style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px; text-decoration:none"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted1">the
Right to Quality Education opportunities for All</b></span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted1" style="font-size:11pt; margin:0px; text-decoration:none">.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I request you to kindly share this open letter with your colleagues and your MP requesting them to kindly raise this topic with the Government of the United Kingdom and request the UK Government
to investigate the current state of affairs of the UK Higher Education sector with the aim to end corrupt practices and reform Higher Education in the United Kingdom.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">The UK Government should investigate current practices for senior management appointments in the UK universities as well as the senior University managers’ salaries and perks. I humbly request
the UK Government to introduce a Maximum Salary Limit for Vice Chancellors and for all the senior managers of universities in the United Kingdom.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">4.2 million children</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> living in poverty in the UK in 2021-22.
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">That's 29 per cent of children</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> (This percentage might be higher now
due to cost of living crisis in the UK ). Details at </span><a href="https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/child-poverty-facts-and-figures" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);"><b>https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/child-poverty-facts-and-figures</b></span></a></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Extreme child poverty in the UK is a humanitarian and ethical crisis. In educational terms, poverty is a significant disadvantage. The link between poverty and poor educational outcomes and
wellbeing in the UK has remained stubbornly and depressingly high despite longstanding policy concern at national, local and jurisdictional levels of government. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">House of Commons Library Research Briefing on “Equality of access and outcomes in higher education in England” published 31st January 2023.
</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">This briefing paper looks at equality in undergraduate education in England. It summarises the latest data from the Department for Education (DfE), the Office for Students (OfS),
and UCAS on access and outcomes before looking at Government policy, the role of the OfS, and the actions and responsibilities of universities.More details at </span><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9195/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b>https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9195/</b></span></a></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Universities have a social responsibility. There is an urgent need to provide full scholarships for 30 percent of seats in each Russell Group university (the richest and prestigious universities
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">QUALITY EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT.</b></span></p>
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