‘My job could be done for £150k’

BRITAIN’S highest-paid university head declared she is ‘not embarrassed’ by the row over her £468,000 salary a day after announcing she is stepping down.

In interviews yesterday, Dame Glynis Breakwell claimed her pay was ‘not unreasonable’ for a person with ‘enormous experience’ and a ‘proven track record’.

But she also admitted her job as vice chancellor of Bath University could have been done for just £150,000.

Dame Glynis faced claims of greed and protests from students, staff and MPs over her salary before revealing she will retire next August after a six-month sabbatical on full pay. On ITV News, she said: ‘I don’t think it’s unreasonable for people with an enormous amount of experience and a proven track record to be rewarded.’

Dame Glynis also told Radio 4’s PM programme: ‘I’m not embarrassed by the fact people who have actively determined my salary did so in the way that they did.’

She denied being pushed out and insisted the university’s reputation had not been damaged by the controversy.