Professor George Holmes, vice-chancellor of the University of Bolton, at a classic car rally in 2014Vice-chancellors have been forced to defend their “fat cat” salaries in recent years, but one university has published a paean of praise worthy of a communist state to justify the £322,000 pay of its leader. In its annual financial accounts, Bolton University said that Professor George Holmes had worked tirelessly, and shown skill and authority in the face of hardship and his leadership being tested “as never before”. SponsoredIts two-page tribute says of his leadership during the pandemic: “He had met those challenges and had, so impressively, not simply maintained the orderly functioning of the university, but had proceeded with strategic measures and had skilfully turned adversity to the university’s advantage. “Arguably, this year had tested his leadership as never before. He had passed that

Source: The Times April 29, 2021 16:03 UTC