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Vice-Chancellor's Salary

Professor Edward Peck took up his post as Vice-Chancellor in August 2014. Prior to that he had spent six years as Pro Vice-Chancellor for Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham. He started his academic career at King's College London in 1995, joining after a number of senior roles in the NHS.

The Vice-Chancellor’s remuneration is reviewed annually by the Remuneration Committee, one of the sub-committees of the Board of Governors (see the Terms of Reference (PDF, 108KB) of the Committee).

In considering any increase in his salary, or indeed that of any member of the senior team, this Committee has taken into account:

  • the performance of the University overall and against the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) agreed by the Board of Governors;
  • the comparability of the current package to peers both within the sector and appropriate benchmarks external to the sector; and
  • pay and bonus principles and practice across the University.

The Vice-Chancellor is not a member of the Remuneration Committee. The Vice-Chancellor is invited to attend the Committee’s meeting to advise the Committee on agenda items that do not relate to his own salary or other potential benefits. Both a member of NTU staff appointed to the Board of Governors and a recent NTU student selected by the Chair of Governors - in collaboration with Nottingham Trent Students’ Union – are members of the Committee.

Recent recognition for NTU

NTU has been awarded a University of the Year award in four of the last six: Times Higher Education University of the Year 2017; The Times and The Sunday Times Modern University of the Year 2018; University of the Year in The Guardian University Awards 2019; and, most recently, The Times and The Sunday Times Modern University of the Year 2023 and University of the Year 2023 in the Whatuni Student Choice Awards.

The latest Modern University of the Year accolade was based on NTU rising 28 places in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 league table to 42nd; in the 2024 version, NTU held station at 43rd.

A major contribution to maintaining this position was NTU again scoring well above average in the 2023 National Student Satisfaction Survey, outperforming the sector on almost every survey question. One independent analysis of the overall results placed NTU 14th in its UK-wide NSS league table.

Placings in the Good University Guide are influenced by university performance in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and the 2023 version was the first to include the results of the 2021 REF. NTU’s results from this UK-wide assessment of university research were the most improved in the sector compared to the last REF in 2014.

Nottingham Trent University is the sixth largest higher education institution in the UK judged by total student numbers (HESA), with a total student body of approximately 40,000 students. It is one of top three most popular universities in the UK for home applicants, based on student acceptances.

NTU became a top 10 university for sport in 2021/22, finishing ninth in the British Universities and Colleges Sport league table. In 2022/23, NTU consolidated this position, finishing 8th.

NTU is one of the most sustainable universities in the world. In 2022, it was ranked 2nd most sustainable university in the world - and 1st in the UK - for sustainability-themed education and research out of more than 900 participating universities in the UI Green Metric University World Rankings.

External Recognition and Contribution of Professor Peck

In 2022/23, Professor Peck remained Deputy Chair of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and Chair of Midlands Enterprise Universities. He continued as a member of the Nottingham Growth Board, the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership Board, and the Executive Board of the Midlands Engine.

Following his membership of the Post-18 Fees and Funding Review between March 2018 and June 2019, in June 2022 the then Higher Education and Further Education Minister announced that the Department for Education had appointed Professor Peck as its first Student Support Champion. In June 2023, as part of this role, he was asked to chair the Ministerial Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce, initially until June 2024.

On a personal note, Professor Peck has been conferred the award of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences for his contribution to the discipline. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in March 2020 and made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours List for Services to Higher Education.

University Key Performance Indicators

Students and Stakeholders

KPI Status of KPI
Degree Outcome Gap between Black and White Students Red
Graduate Outcomes Survey Skills Utilisation Red
CPD Income relative to KEF Cluster Green
Citizens’ Advocacy Score KPI being reformulated

Financial

KPI Status of KPI
Net Cash Inflow Green
Debt to income ratio Green
Liquidity (measured by number of days) Green

Organisational Capability

KPI Status of KPI
Research Income relative to KEF Cluster Amber
International Collaboration Green
Diversity of University Leadership Team Red

Ways of Working

KPI Status of KPI
Net Zero Carbon Red
Staff Advocacy Reporting in 2023/24
Student Digital Skills Green

Salary, Benefits and Expenses

The Vice-Chancellor does not have a "grace and favour" home. He is not provided with a car and NTU does not employ a chauffeur on his behalf.

The Vice-Chancellor's salary is reported in the University's financial statements on an annual basis. The financial statements for the financial year 2022/23 will be published online early 2024. However in the interests of transparency and openness, the Vice-Chancellor's salary history from 2014/2015 is shown below:

Salary information

Type2022/232021/222020/212019/202018/192017/182016/172015/162014/15
Base salary £294,642 £276,659 £272,570 £272,570 £267,750 £262,500 £250,000 £242,400 £240,000
Bonus / performance pay £35,966 £27,666 Nil £20,081 £26,250 £25,000 £24,240 £16,000 Nil
Benefits in kind £607 £623 £1,411.91 £976 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Employer's pension contribution £33,589 £15,447 £5,451 £5,497 £5,623 £5,513 £11,875 £40,400 £38,400
Payment in lieu of employer's pension contribution £31,428 £44,265 £43,611 £43,611 £42,840 £39,750 £33,125 Nil Nil
TOTAL£396,232£364,660£323,043.91£342,735£342,463£332,763£319,240£298,800£278,400

Personal expenses

The expenses for the Vice-Chancellor (from 1 August 2014) are shown below:

DateTravelSubsistenceAccommodationHospitalityMiscellaneousTOTAL
2022/23 £451.45----£451.45
2021/22 £205.65 - - - - £205.65
2020/21 - - - - - -
2019/20 £314.90 - - - - £314.90
2018/19 £537.45 - - - - £537.45
2017/18 £772.63 £26.00 - - - £798.63
2016/17 £321.50 - - - - £321.50
2015/16 £383.65 £67.00 - - - £450.65
2014/15 £657.50 £3.70 - £217.22 - £878.42

Corporate credit card spend relating to the Vice-Chancellor

DateTravelSubsistenceAccommodationHospitalityMiscellaneousTOTAL
2022/23£121.35£262.85---£384.20
2021/22 £71.20 £13.58 - - - £84.78
2020/21 - - - - - -
2019/20 £163.29 £118.58 - - - £281.87
2018/19 £395.73 £84.83 - £314.57 - £795.13
2017/18 £369.60 £58.56 £227.05 £565.35 - £1,220.56
2016/17 £370.56 £310.27 - £771.30 - £1,452.13
2015/16 £327.30 £33.48 £222.99 £331.60 £72.50 £987.87
2014/15 £693.74 £65.00 - £724.74 £108.71 £1,592.19

Travel and similar expenditure incurred by the University on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor in the performance of his duties

Date Hotel accommodation Train fares Air fares Economy flights Business Class flights Taxi costs
2022/23£1,094.06£382.80£5,620.76-2-
2021/22 £120.74 £961.30 - - - -
2020/21 - - - - - -
2019/20 £986.60 £1,822.30 £8,586.41 2 4 -
2018/19 £1,259.58 £3,456.50 £5,837.11 - 2 £208.60
2017/18 £1,191.54 £3,208.88 £8,271.70 - 4 -
2016/17 £2,187.60 £2,566.49 £8,035.81 2 6 £946.70
2015/16 £1,510.78 £4,026.81 £10,530.07 3 4 -
2014/15 £740.24 £3,280.83 - - - -