“The contentious issue of salary remuneration for Irish academics has attracted considerable media attention with claims that Irish academia is grossly overpaid in comparison to our EU counterparts. While it is arguable that several academics of international standing and reputation are worthy of some ‘super sized’ remuneration packages, there are several more who are clearly not and the attempt by University presidents to justify their recruitment and remuneration packages on the basis of ‘world class’ research has been openly challenged. Contrary to the ongoing onslaught by the popular media on public service remuneration packages within Higher education and apart from some exceptional super sized instances, most academic staff at Irish Universities are salaried to levels that are comparable to our EU counterparts. In ongoing independent research at the reputable European University …” (more)
[Watchdog on Higher Education in Ireland, 24 March]