I've been at an HE College,
A newish pre-1992 university,
and LSE (old university).
all pay the same - a lecturer's salary with increments. Just goes up one
salary point a year. Neither good nor bad, but not keeping pace with other
professions, as we all know.
The last one is easily the richest institution, but any wealth is not really
transferred through to lecturers. You have to be professor, a rising star,
or employed in economics or related disciplines, to receive a big wage
packet. Nonetheless, 'devolved budgeting' down to departmental level does
not work here, as it did in my previous institution. Thus, if one of my
Department was now promoted and thus commanded a higher salary, the
additional cost is met from central resources (at least initially, via
complex formula funding), not Departmental resources. This may be a big
difference with departments running a fully devolved budget system, where -
theoretically - too many promotions might plunge the Department into
defecit.
The pay I received at a state research university in America as visiting
faculty was pretty poor, however. It is also my understanding that, even
talking into account cost-of-living differences, lecturers/assistant
professors actually earn more in Europe than they do in North America, in
entry-level positions. This situation changes as you get more senior.
But I don't work for big financial rewards, and I am sure many others don't
either.
Dr Simon Batterbury
Lecturer, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)
LSE, Houghton St
London WC2A 2AE, UK
fax (+44) 020-7955-6844
telephone (+44) 020-7955-7771 (direct) 7425 (general office)
Web pages: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/destin/simon/homepage/simon1.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Crouch [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 05 December 2000 13:24
> To: Subject: Re: academic pay
>
> Do critical geographers have anything to say about the difference in pay
> between academics old and new Universities?
>
> David Crouch
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Patterson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: tisdag, december 05, 2000 12:53
> Subject: academic pay
>
>
> >Do critical geographers have anything to say about _why_ the salaries
> for
> >academic post-doc researchers (and junior lecturers) are so poor and have
> >been falling in relative terms for decades? Surely we can't leave this
> >issue by simply blaming the ESRC for not allowing higher salaries to be
> paid
> >on the projects that they fund?
> >--
> >Dr Alan Patterson
> >Department of Geography & Earth Sciences
> >Brunel University, Uxbridge UB8 3PH UK
> >
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