You vis-à-vis the VC: how much are you worth?

Published: 28th January, 2019

Have you ever wondered how long it takes the University of Leicester’s president and vice-chancellor to earn your annual salary? Now you can use our quick and easy calculator to find out.

Select your pay spinal-point from the list below to find out. (If you know your salary but don’t know what spine point this corresponds to, you can look at the scales here.)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 41 42 43 44 function choice1(select) { var sel = select.options[select.selectedIndex].text; var message = ‘For pay spinal-point ‘ + sel + ‘, the vice-chancellor would have earned your annual salary by: \n\n’; if (sel == ‘4’) {alert(message + ’21 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ‘5’) {alert(message + ’21 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ‘6’) {alert(message + ’21 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ‘7’) {alert(message + ’22 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ‘8’) {alert(message + ’22 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ‘9’) {alert(message + ’23 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’54’) {alert(message + ’21 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’53’) {alert(message + ’19 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’52’) {alert(message + ’17 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’51’) {alert(message + ’14 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’50’) {alert(message + ’12 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’49’) {alert(message + ’10 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’48’) {alert(message + ’08 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’47’) {alert(message + ’06 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’46’) {alert(message + ’05 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’45’) {alert(message + ’03 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’44’) {alert(message + ’01 March 2019′); } else if (sel == ’43’) {alert(message + ’27 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’42’) {alert(message + ’26 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’41’) {alert(message + ’24 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’40’) {alert(message + ’22 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’39’) {alert(message + ’21 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’38’) {alert(message + ’20 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’37’) {alert(message + ’18 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’36’) {alert(message + ’17 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’35’) {alert(message + ’15 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’34’) {alert(message + ’14 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’33’) {alert(message + ’13 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’32’) {alert(message + ’12 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’31’) {alert(message + ’10 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’30’) {alert(message + ’09 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’29’) {alert(message + ’08 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’28’) {alert(message + ’07 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’27’) {alert(message + ’06 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’26’) {alert(message + ’05 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’25’) {alert(message + ’04 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’24’) {alert(message + ’03 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’23’) {alert(message + ’02 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’22’) {alert(message + ’01 February 2019′); } else if (sel == ’21’) {alert(message + ’31 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’20’) {alert(message + ’30 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’19’) {alert(message + ’30 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’18’) {alert(message + ’29 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’17’) {alert(message + ’28 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’15’) {alert(message + ’27 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’15’) {alert(message + ’26 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’14’) {alert(message + ’26 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’13’) {alert(message + ’25 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’12’) {alert(message + ’25 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’11’) {alert(message + ’24 January 2019′); } else if (sel == ’10’) {alert(message + ’23 January 2019′); } else { alert(‘Error’); } }

Based on figures in the most recent financial statements, which report Paul Boyle receiving a salary package worth £313,000 in 2017/18. (Also reported in the Leicester Mercury on 11 January.)