Glynis Breakwell, the vice-chancellor of Bath University, which was criticised over the cost of paying the minuscule billBath University has been criticised for paying more than £2,000 to have its single peppercorn of rent delivered by parachute. The peppercorn is a token payment to Bath and North East Somerset Council for the annual rent of the university’s 200-acre campus. A 999-year lease was agreed with the university in 1964. Members of the council now want the agreement reviewed after learning that Dame Glynis Breakwell, the university’s departing chief executive, was being paid more than £450,000 a year. The councillors claim the institution could easily afford to…

Source: The Times December 15, 2017 17:05 UTC