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MOST of the elite group of university principals in Scotland are still accepting enhanced salary packages at a time when higher education finances are under extreme pressure, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
Despite calls by Scottish ministers for restraint, documents released under Freedom of Information legislation show 14 university principals and vice-chancellors in Scotland received more than £3 million in the 2009-10 financial year.
The wages for the heads of the institutions, which received around half of their funds from the taxpayer, included more than £2.7m in basic salaries and more than £300,000 in pension contributions and other payments. total...