NSW vice-chancellors get big pay bumps despite universities plunging into the red

The University of Wollongong vice-chancellor’s pay jumped by more than $200,000 to over $1m last year. Photograph: Mark Newsham

Many of New South Wales’s top vice-chancellors received large pay increases last year at the same time public universities across the state plunged into deficit.

The 2022 annual reports of NSW universities, lodged on Wednesday, revealed six vice-chancellors received pay increases – some worth an extra $200,000 – despite the fortunes of their institutions reversing.